Despite President Trump signaling that he will not order any major new military operations against Iran in the near future, the U.S. and Tehran continue to exchange missile strikes in and around the Strait of Hormuz, in which around a quarter of the world’s oil and other goods pass through.
Dan Hart -WashingtonStand.com
Despite President Trump signaling that he will not order any major new military operations against Iran in the near future, the U.S. and Tehran continue to exchange missile strikes in and around the Strait of Hormuz, in which around a quarter of the world’s oil and other goods pass through. Meanwhile, the White House is continuing to pursue negotiations with the Islamist regime even as Tehran demands an immediate lift of America’s naval blockade and ceasing all military operations in the Middle East.
On Monday, Trump met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the White House to discuss avenues toward ending the Iran war. Al Thani, who is acting as a middleman in discussions with Iran, described the meeting as “positive.” Following the meeting, Trump told reporters that he believes the war “militarily is effectively over. We’re just keeping it the status quo.”
But reports indicate that that “status quo” continues to be quite dramatic. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the two sides are continuing to exchange missile strikes, with the U.S. carrying out a series of strikes on Qeshm Island, the regime’s largest island in the Strait of Hormuz which serves as a primary location from which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches missiles and drones at vessels attempting to traverse the waterway. At the same time, Iran struck the Omani island of Didamar, an uninhabited rocky outcrop that contains navigational equipment and serves as a key navigation point for ships entering the Persian Gulf.