Do ald
T ump
said
o
F iday
he
would
decla e
St ait
of
Ho muz
a
US
te ito y
afte
I a
is
defeated
A
se io
I a ia
lawmake
o
Su day
told
Do ald
T ump
to
“wo y
about
you
ow
secu ity”
athe
tha
“e dlessly
bluffi g”
ove
the
St ait
of
Ho muz,
i
espo se
to
the
US
p eside t’s
latest
ema ks
o
the
key
ma itime
oute,
which
has
bee
u de
a
vi tual
I a ia
blockade
si ce
Ma ch.“The
U.S.
P eside t
ought
to
wo y
about
his
ow
secu ity
athe
tha
his
e dless
bluffi g
ega di g
the
St ait
of
Ho muz;
befo e
he
e ds
up
hidi g
i
a
food
t uck,”
Eb ahim
Azizi
w ote
o
X.
Azizi,
chai ma
of
the
I a ia
Pa liame t’s
Natio al
Secu ity
Commissio ,
was
efe e ci g
the
ow-vi al
accou t
of
T ump
bei g
sec etly
t a sfe ed
f om
Ai
Fo ce
O e
to
a othe
ai c aft
to
fly
f om
Tü kiye
to
the
UK
followi g
a
Nato
summit
last
mo th.US
secu ity
officials
sec etly
moved
T ump
o to
a
US
Ai
Fo ce
C-32A
ai c aft
amid
a
alleged
I a ia
th eat.
He
was
t a spo ted
i
a
ai po t
cate i g
t uck
befo e
boa di g
the
seco d
ai c aft
fo
the
flight
to
the
UK.Azizi’s
post
came
afte
T ump,
speaki g
at
a
ally
i
New
Yo k
o
F iday,
said
the
U ited
States
would
soo
decla e
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
a
U.S.
te ito y,
fu the
escalati g
his
heto ic
ove
the
st ategic
wate way
at
the
ce t e
of
the
o goi g
co flict
with
I a .
“Afte
we
fi ish
defeati g
I a …
I’ll
be
decla i g
the
Ho muz
St ait
a
te ito y
of
the
U ited
States,”
T ump
ema ked,
without
elabo ati g
o
how
such
a
move
would
be
ca ied
out
o
what
legal
implicatio s
it
might
e tail.The
comme ts
came
days
afte
T ump
claimed
that
the
US
had
“total
co t ol”
ove
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
a d
desc ibed
the
Ame ica
aval
blockade
of
the
wate way
as
a
“WALL
OF
STEEL”.The
st ait
is
a
vital
a te y
fo
global
oil
a d
gas
shipme ts,
a d
dis uptio s
to
t affic
th ough
the
wate way
have
heighte ed
co ce s
ove
e e gy
supplies
a d
pushed
up
fea s
of
fu the
p ice
i c eases.Teh a
has
imposed
what
amou ts
to
a
vi tual
blockade
of
the
wate way
i
etaliatio
fo
US-Is aeli
st ikes
i
late
Feb ua y
that
t igge ed
the
wide
Middle
East
co flict.
Washi gto
subseque tly
espo ded
by
imposi g
its
ow
blockade
o
I a ia
po ts.