On Thursday Iran hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz as it was attempting to navigate the waterway on its southern route close to Oman. Iranian officials have warned that ships must pass through its own territorial waters, while Trump still claims that the Strait is open and that Iran does not control the waterway.
About an hour after the attack, Trump was telling a group of farmers that Iran was weak and did not mention the strike on the ship.
Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday, carried on state media, that the strait lay within the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, and it cited a provision of the U.S.-Iran deal that calls on Tehran to arrange safe passage for commercial vessels.
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