Trump pushes Iran for toll-free Strait of Hormuz as House delays war resolution vote
President Donald Trump said “we don’t want tolls” in the Strait of Hormuz. House Republican leaders also have canceled a planned vote on a resolution to limit Trump’s ability to engage in military action against Iran without congressional approval.
No Iran, US deal reached yet, gaps narrow in Trump nuclear negotiations: report
No deal had been reached with the U.S. as of Thursday, a senior Iranian source told Reuters, while also claiming gaps had narrowed.
Iran has been reviewing the latest peace proposal from President Donald Trump as he warned that further military action remains on the table.
The outlet also reported Iran’s uranium enrichment and Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz continued to be among the sticking points.
This came as a member of Iran’s Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee told state TV that Tehran could act first to break the ceasefire if it believed a U.S. base was preparing an attack.
Fadahossein Maleki, a member of Iran’s Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told state TV, “Anything is possible.”
“It could even come from Iran’s side, frankly. If we feel that something is happening from a U.S. base, Iran has the legitimacy to respond and prevent it,” he said, according to Iran International.
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‘Iran is trying to create a tolling system’ in Strait of Hormuz, Rubio warns
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday that “Iran is trying to create a tolling system” in the Strait of Hormuz and that “no country" should accept that.
“They're trying to convince Oman, by the way, to join them in this tolling system in an international waterway. There is not a country in the world that should accept that. I don't know of a country in the world that's in favor of it, except Iran, but there's no country in the world that should accept it,” Rubio said in Helsingborg, Sweden, where he had traveled Friday to attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting.
“I don't know of anyone in the world that should be in favor of a tolling system in an international waterway, that's just not acceptable. It can't happen,” Rubio continued.
“If that were to happen in the Strait of Hormuz, it will happen in five other places around the world. Why would countries all over the world say, 'Well, we want to do this too'? Not to mention how vital and critical that strait is to every country represented here today, but frankly, to countries not represented here today, particularly the Indo-Pacific,” he also said.
Trump pushes no tolls in Strait of Hormuz as House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants the Strait of Hormuz to be “open” and “free.”
“We want it open. We want it free. We don't want tolls. It's international. It's an international waterway,” Trump said.
Meanwhile, House Republican leaders on Thursday canceled a planned vote on the resolution to limit Trump's ability to engage in military action against Iran without congressional approval, delaying the matter until June.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., accused Republicans of cheating in delaying the vote because they knew they were going to lose.
Meeks said Thursday he is sure that he has enough Republicans willing to back an Iran War Powers resolution and predicted that the vote will come up on Wednesday, June 3 due to procedural rules of when it has to be brought up, and that it will pass then.
Fox News’ Emma Bussey and Tyler Olson contributed to this post.
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