If Iran accepts the latest US proposal, the American war on Iran and blockade will end, says US President Donald Trump, while threatening a renewed bombing campaign if it refuses.
“Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran,” writes Trump on Truth Social.
Yesterday, Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the operation “has concluded. We achieved the objectives of that operation.”
“If they don’t agree,” writes Trump, “the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.”
Trump had made repeated threats to return to war on Iran since the April ceasefire, but has ultimately chosen to continue attempts to reach a negotiated settlement.
Commodity ship transits in Hormuz hit lowest level since start of war
Commodity ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell this week to its lowest level since the beginning of the war despite a brief US attempt to reopen the strategic waterway, according to data from marine analytics firm Kpler.
Kpler, which tracks only commodity-carrying vessels, recorded just one transit on Monday and none on Tuesday, the fewest seen since the start of the war triggered by a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.
Around 120 vessels transit the strait daily in peacetime, according to maritime news outlet Lloyd’s List.
Before the war, the strait handled roughly one-fifth of global hydrocarbon exports, alongside other key commodities.
The Nooh Gas, the only commodity vessel to transit the strait on Monday, was carrying 11,357 tons of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas.
The cargo was transferred ship-to-ship from the Tania Star off Dubai on May 1, and its final destination remains unknown.
The Tania Star had loaded the cargo at the Iranian port terminal of Bandar Mahshahr on April 25.
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