The US president rejects the Iran proposaland insists on a deal on the nuclear programme before lifting nuclear restrictions.
In a new wave of geopolitical tensions that is reshaping the balance in the Middle East, Donald Trump is back in the front with a hard line against Iran, setting as a key condition of any de-escalation the achievement of a substantive agreement on its nuclear program. According to his remarks, the United States does not intend to proceed to an easing of naval pressure as long as Tehran does not respond to US concerns about its nuclear activity. This stance marks a clear rejection of proposals seeking a gradual de-escalation through economic and maritime concessions. The forming backdrop intensifies uncertainty around critical sea lanes, such as the Seaway of Hormuz, and brings the risk of wider regional tensions back focused.
The US president, Donald Trump, said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 that he intends to maintain the naval blockade of Iran until the regime agrees on a deal that addresses US concerns about its nuclear program.
Trump’s statements constitute a rejection of the Iranian proposal forwarded to the US earlier this week, which provided for an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the naval blockade in the first phase, with negotiations on the nuclear program deferred to a later stage.
