{"id":3218,"date":"2026-04-29T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:58:00","slug":"donald-trump-tightening-the-noose-on-iran-naval-blockade-until-new-nuclear-deal-with-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3218","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: &#8216;Tightening the noose&#8217; on Iran &#8211; Naval blockade until new nuclear deal with the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>US president<\/b> rejects <b>the Iran<\/b> proposal<\/b><b>and insists on <b>a deal on the nuclear programme<\/b> before lifting <b>nuclear restrictions<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In <b>a new wave of geopolitical tensions<\/b> that is reshaping <b>the balance in the Middle East<\/b>, <b>Donald Trump<\/b> is back in the <b>front<\/b> with a hard line <b>against Iran<\/b>, setting <b>as a key condition of any de-escalation<\/b> the achievement of a substantive <b>agreement<\/b> on its nuclear program. <b>According to his remarks, the United States<\/b> does not intend to <b>proceed to an easing of naval pressure<\/b> as long as Tehran does not <b>respond to US concerns<\/b> about its <b>nuclear activity<\/b>. This stance <b>marks a clear rejection of proposals seeking a gradual de-escalation<\/b> through <b>economic and maritime concessions<\/b>. The <b>forming backdrop intensifies uncertainty around critical sea lanes<\/b>, such as the <b>Seaway of Hormuz<\/b>, and brings the risk of wider regional tensions<\/b> back <b>focused<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>US president, Donald Trump,<\/b> said in an interview <b>with Israel&#8217;s Channel 12<\/b> that he intends to <b>maintain the naval blockade of Iran<\/b> until the regime agrees <b>on a deal that addresses US concerns<\/b> about its <b>nuclear program<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s <b>statements<\/b> constitute a rejection of the <b>Iranian proposal forwarded to the US<\/b> earlier this week, which <b>provided for an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz<\/b> and lift the <b>naval blockade<\/b> in the first phase, with <b>negotiations on the nuclear program deferred to a later stage<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president rejects Iran&#8217;s proposal and insists on a nuclear deal before lifting naval restrictions.In a new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}