Iran has threatened to attack “any foreign armed force” that enters the Strait of Hormuz in response to President Donald Trump’s unveiling of Project Freedom.
The president announced Project Freedom in a Truth Social post published Sunday, writing that U.S. military ships will “guide” foreign-owned ships that are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz “out of these restricted Waterways.”
Trump said that “countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in theMiddle Eastern disputegoing on so visibly, and violently, for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their Ships.”
“This process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time,” the president added.
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Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, fired back the next morning by saying in a statement that “any foreign armed force, especially the invading U.S. army, if they intend to approach and enter the Strait of Hormuz, will be subjected to attack,” according toABC News.
“We will maintain the security of the Strait of Hormuz with all our might and manage it powerfully,” he continued, adding that “all commercialships and tankers” should “refrain from any action to transit without coordination with the armed forces stationed in the Strait of Hormuz so that their security is not endangered.”
In a social media statement, Ebrahim Azizi, the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, likewise said that the execution of Project Freedom would be considered “a violation” of theongoing“ceasefire” between the United States and Iran.
“The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf will not be managed by Trump’s delusional posts,” he continued.
The ceasefire has been in effect for nearly a month now.
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