“Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman,” the U.S. president wrote on his Truth Social platform on Aug. 3.
“They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our ‘Blockade’ or, as some say, ‘The United States Wall of Steel!”
He then reiterated that the U.S. blockade will not be lifted until Iran credibly renounces its nuclear ambitions.
The Associated Press reported that earlier on Aug. 3, Trump
said the recently scheduled talks with Tehran are a “last chance” for Iran to
reach an agreement and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes.