Trump says Middle East partners want US to keep blockading Iran

interfax.ru (Russian) —

US President Donald Trump stated that US partners in the Middle East want Washington to continue its blockade of Iran, expanding it to include both naval and land components. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others prefer maintaining the status quo, requiring the US to continue the "greatest naval blockade in history" and a new "Iron Gates" operation for a land blockade. He praised talks held hours earlier at the White House with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who serves as a mediator in negotiations to resolve the conflict between Iran and the US.


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