Trump lashes out at Iran for claiming it’s not talking with US, says blockade will remain unless deal reached

US President Donald Trump lashes out at Iran for denying his claim that talks would take place today on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that negotiations have already begun and that more are scheduled imminently.

“Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg.’ Talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with Oman,” Trump writes on Truth Social.

“They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait of Hormuz will be operated powerfully by them, when it is already completely controlled by the United States Navy and our blockade,” he claims.

“Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through unless a deal or total surrender is accomplished,” Trump says.

“Whether Iran wants to admit it or not we are, in fact, talking of a solution to a problem that they have caused for decades,” he continues. “It is very simple, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”