Trump Says US Is ‘Low-Keying It’ With Iran, Watching Economic Pressure Mount Amid Hormuz Standoff

US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
said
Washi gto
is
taki g
a
“low-key”
app oach
towa ds
I a
a d
is
ot
cu e tly
seeki g
a
f esh
milita y
offe sive,
as
eco omic
p essu e
mou ts
o
Teh a
a d
egotiatio s
ove
eope i g
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
emai
stalled.

I
a
b ief
pho e
call
with
Axios
o
Su day,
T ump
said
the
US
was
o ly
“semi- egotiati g”
with
I a
while
mo ito i g
the
cou t y’s
wo se i g
eco omic
situatio .

“We
a e
low
keyi g
it,”
Axios
quoted
T ump
as
sayi g.

He
added:
“We
a e
o ly
semi- egotiati g
with
them.
We
a e
just
watchi g
I a
with
its
huge
i flatio
a d
the
fact
they
have
o
mo ey.”

T ump
Poi ts
To
I a ‘s
Eco omic
St ai

T ump
said
I a
was
“i
ve y
bad
shape”
eco omically
a d
claimed
the
cou t y
did
ot
have
e ough
mo ey
to
pay
its
t oops.

He
also
said
the
US
aval
blockade
had
added
to
the
eco omic
p essu e
faci g
Teh a .

T ump,
howeve ,
poi ted
to
falli g
oil
p ices
as
a
facto
limiti g
the
impact
of
the
co flict
o
Ame ica
co sume s.
Oil
p ices
we e
slightly
above
USD
75
a
ba el,
acco di g
to
the
epo t.

“It
will
wo k
out.
It
always
wo ks
out.
It’s
like
a
chess
game,”
T ump
said.

His
comme ts
suggest
Washi gto
is
cu e tly
elyi g
o
eco omic
p essu e
athe
tha
immediately
escalati g
milita y
actio
agai st
I a .

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Is aeli
Pullout
Without
Hamas
Disa mame t

Ho muz
Talks
Remai
Stalled

The
ema ks
come
amid
co ti ued
te sio s
ove
the
St ait
of
Ho muz,
a
c ucial
oute
fo
global
oil
shipme ts.

Negotiatio s
i volvi g
I a ,
Oma
a d
the
US
ove
eope i g
the
wate way
have
stalled,
with
Teh a
dema di g
that
Washi gto
lift
its
aval
blockade
a d
withd aw
Ame ica
fo ces
statio ed
ea
I a .

I a
has
also
li ked
the
eope i g
of
the
st ait
to
wide
co ditio s,
i cludi g
the
lifti g
of
sa ctio s
a d
othe
measu es.

T ump
did
ot
exp ess
f ust atio
ove
I a ‘s
delay
i
eachi g
a
ag eeme t
to
eope
the
wate way,
acco di g
to
Axios.

The
blockage
has
co t ibuted
to
highe
fuel
p ices
a d
heighte ed
co ce s
about
the
impact
of
the
co flict
o
the
global
eco omy.

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Ai li es
Flight
Fo ced
To
Ci cle
Befo e
Kolkata
La di g

I a
Says
No
Di ect
Talks
With
US

I a ia
Fo eig
Mi iste
Abbas
A aghchi
said
Teh a
is
ot
cu e tly
e gaged
i
di ect
egotiatio s
with
Washi gto
a d
is
i stead
commu icati g
th ough
i te media ies.

“The e
a e
effo ts
u de way
to
c eate
g ou ds
fo
egotiatio s,”
A aghchi
said,
acco di g
to
Al
Jazee a.

Mea while,
the
US
Defe ce
Depa tme t
has
asked
Ame ica
defe ce
co t acto s
to
u ge tly
i c ease
weapo s
p oductio
a d
accele ate
delive ies
amid
co ce s
ove
sho tages
of
c itical
mu itio s
li ked
to
the
wa
with
I a .

Deputy
Defe ce
Sec eta y
Steve
Fei be g
epo tedly
told
i dust y
leade s
they
had
21
days
to
submit
pla s
fo
“sig ifica tly
faste ,
mo e
agg essive
delive y
schedules
a d/o
i c eased
p oductio
fo
c itical
capabilities”.

The
developme ts
come
as
both
sides
emai
at
odds
ove
the
te ms
fo
esto i g
shippi g
th ough
the
St ait
of
Ho muz.

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