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Majid Takht-Ravanchi
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Iran's deputy foreign minister said Iran will not request negotiations with America while under military attack, calling any such expectation 'mistaken.'
Iran's IRGC is signaling it will shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea, mirroring what it has already done in the Strait of Hormuz. Allied with the Houthis in Yemen, who have previously demonstrated the ability to halt Red Sea traffic, Iran is escalating pressure on all US-allied energy routes.
Iran has struck seven tankers in seven days and four in the past 48 hours, upgrading from drones to cruise missiles that are harder to intercept. The Persian Gulf is now littered with sinking cargo ships, and the US Navy cannot protect any vessel Iran decides to target.
Iran has struck US military interests across Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and the UAE, damaging the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base and multiple command and control centers. Video evidence shows Patriot missile interceptors failing to stop Iranian strikes in Jordan.
Marine traffic data and satellite imagery confirm the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut down, with virtually zero non-Iranian shipping. Only 10 vessels passed through on Monday — less than 10% of normal traffic — as Iran uses cruise missiles to destroy any ship attempting passage.
Iran's deputy foreign minister directly contradicted Trump's deal narrative, saying Iran will not request negotiations while under US military attack. He also confirmed Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling both expectations 'mistaken.'
The IRGC officially warned that all oil and gas export routes serving US interests and allies will be shut down, extending the threat beyond the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea. This represents a massive potential disruption to global energy supply chains.
The oil crack spread has hit $68 per barrel — near a historic high — while crude oil is approaching $90 per barrel. When both the raw crude price and the crack spread rise simultaneously, severe fuel shortages, especially diesel, become inevitable.
Trump told Fox News that Iranian officials — spoken to just an hour before the interview — want to make a deal, claiming 'they don't wanna die.' Iran's government simultaneously and flatly denied any interest in negotiations, creating a stark public contradiction.
Trump told Fox News the Strait of Hormuz is 'open if people want to go through it' — but shipping data showed only 10 vessels passed through on Monday, less than 10% of normal traffic. The gap between Trump's claims and reality has never been more stark.
Trump explicitly threatened to destroy all of Iran's power plants and bridges the following week unless Iran negotiates. This marks a dramatic escalation from military to civilian infrastructure targeting, raising serious international law concerns.
Trump held an emergency Situation Room meeting to plan a massive Iranian offensive wider in scope than current strikes, and then immediately leaked it to Axios. The plan reportedly includes 'devastating strikes on strategic targets' — raising questions about whether this is a genuine military escalation or a negotiating pressure tactic.
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