President Trump, through his emissary, Steve Witkoff (Jewish, by the way), is supposed to be negotiating some kind of “deal” with Iran.
That so?
Please read this, from Emma Bussey’s article at Fox news…
Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, accusing them of fuel smuggling and detaining 15 foreign crew members, ahead of high-stakes U.S.–Iran talks Friday in Oman.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said it intercepted the two ships near Farsi Island, claiming they were carrying about 1 million liters of smuggled fuel, Reuters reported.
The crews — made up of 15 foreign nationals — were taken into custody and referred to Iran’s judicial authorities, according to Iranian state media.
The seizures come as Iranian rhetoric toward the U.S. has grown hostile.
Former Iranian minister and ex–state broadcaster chief Ezzatollah Zarghami issued a warning, threatening violence in the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of the world’s oil and petroleum product consumption passes.
“I am sure that the Strait of Hormuz will be the place of massacre and hell for the U.S.,” Zarghami said Thursday.
…then read this, from Benoit Faucon’s article for the Wall Street Journal…
MUSCAT, Oman—Tehran stuck to its refusal to end enrichment of nuclear fuel in talks Friday between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, but both sides signaled a willingness to keep working toward a diplomatic solution that could head off an American strike.
According to Iranian state media, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his U.S. counterparts that Tehran wouldn’t agree to end enrichment or move it offshore, rejecting a core U.S. requirement.
…and tell me what kind of a deal that might be.
Do you see a deal there? I sure don’t.
Any day The United States (and possibly Israel as well) decides to act on these threats – decisively, I hope – will be just fine with me.
