By Desmond Nleya
US President Donald Trump has called on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, claiming Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports is working and urging Tehran to “just give up.”
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected the US pressure campaign, mocking its effectiveness, while Iran’s military warned that its restraint so far has been “intended to give diplomacy a chance.”
The escalating standoff in the Strait of Hormuz has sent global oil prices soaring above $120 per barrel, contributing to a sharp rise in petrol prices across the United States, now at a four-year high.
Meanwhile, activists aboard an aid flotilla bound for Gaza Strip report that Israeli forces have begun intercepting vessels heading toward the enclave.
