US EditionTrump Warns Iran Not to Charge Fees For Ships Transiting Hormuz
Trump said reports of $2 million tolls on tankers would violate the ceasefire agreement and warned Iran to reopen the strait immediately.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump warned Iran against charging tolls for vessels passing through the Hormuz Strait, stating, "They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!"
- Acting on a proposal from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Trump agreed Tuesday to a two-week ceasefire contingent on the "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING" of the Strait.
- Reports suggest Iran and Oman proposed charging up to $2 million per ship for reconstruction, with PBS News citing at least two vessels that already paid fees in Chinese yuan.
- Writing on Truth Social, Trump denounced the reported fees, declaring, "Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonourable, some would say, of allowing oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!"
- Despite these public tensions, Trump said he remains "very optimistic" about a peace deal, noting that Iranian leaders are more amenable in private conversations than their public statements suggest.
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Donald Trump, president of the United States, called on Iran to stop charging those who want to travel through the Strait of Ormuz, a fact that has increased tension in the Middle East. A few days ago, the United States and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in the region for two weeks and one of the conditions was for the Iranian government to release the transit of the Strait of Ormuz. Donald Trump reiterates his warning to Iran about charges in the…
El Periódico
U.S. President Donald Trump said this Friday that he will not allow Iran to charge tolls for the transit of ships in the Strait of Ormuz and that the enclave will open "quite soon" with or without the country's cooperation.
Trump called the Strait of Hormuz toll plan ‘a beautiful thing’ and floated a joint venture. Then, warned Iran to stop charging ships 24 hours later.
President Donald Trump said he was open to working with Iran to collect fees from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, even calling the idea “a beautiful thing.” But less than 24 hours later, he reversed course and warned Iran to stop charging tolls immediately, adding more pressure to an already fragile ceasefire between the two countries. The ceasefire, reached late Tuesday night on April 7, came just hours before Trump’s 8 p.m. deadlin…
Donald Trump Calls Iran's $2m Shipping Toll A 'Beautiful Thing' In Proposed Joint Venture
With the Middle East conflict on pause, the ceasefire eases the worry of several countries who need to go through the Strait of Hormuz to get oil. However, reports are now emerging that Iran is allegedly charging roughly $2 million (£1.484 million) in transit fees from vessels crossing the waterway. Before the US-Iran war, there was free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz that carried a fifth of all the world's oil supply from the …
National Post
app.linkTrump: Tehran doing ‘poor job’ at allowing oil to pass through Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Iran for its “very poor job” in allowing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key condition of the two-week ceasefire agreed by Washington and Tehran that paused 40 days of war in the Middle East.
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