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Strait of Hormuz developments

US leader says deal with Iran impossible if naval blockade lifted

According to Donald Trump, Iran could "make $500 million dollars a day" with the open strait

US President Donald Trump AP Photo/ Alex Brandon

US President Donald Trump

© AP Photo/ Alex Brandon

WASHINGTON, April 22. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump believes a deal with Iran will be impossible if the naval blockade is lifted.

"Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open so they can make $500 million dollars a day. They only say they want it closed because I have it totally blockaded, so they merely want to ‘save face’," Trump wrote on his Truth Social page. "But if we do that, there can never be a deal with Iran," he added.

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