President Donald Trump speaks to press on the White Home, in Washington, April 6, 2026.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday stated that Iran “higher cease now” if it is charging charges to oil tankers passing by the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s warning in a Reality Social submit put much more pressure on the delicate ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran lower than two days after it started.
Trump stated Tuesday night that the U.S. would comply with a two-week suspension of hostilities towards the Islamic Republic on the situation that it comply with “the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz.”
However vessel site visitors by the strait, an important artery for about 20% of the world’s oil provide, stays tightly throttled, because it has for the reason that warfare started on Feb. 28.
Iran is in the meantime planning to cost transport companies charges, to be paid in cryptocurrency, to permit their vessels to sail by the waterway, the Monetary Instances reported Wednesday.
“There are studies that Iran is charging charges to tankers going by the Hormuz Strait,” Trump wrote in Thursday’s submit.
“They higher not be and, if they’re, they higher cease now!” he wrote.
In a follow-up submit, Trump stated, “Due to me, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON and, in a short time, you may see Oil begin flowing, with or with out the assistance of Iran and, to me, it makes no distinction, both manner.”
Trump’s submit additionally lashed out at The Wall Road Journal’s editorial board for writing that the president had declared victory towards Iran prematurely. “Truly, it’s a Victory, and there is nothing “untimely” about it!” he wrote.
