Tehran is bad, very bad and very bad | Trump accused Ir …

Donald Trump yesterday accused Iran of explosions that damaged two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and warned Tehran not to try to close the Strait of Hormuz, a major export crossing point. world of oil. The North American president did not make an official announcement but, very much in the spirit of his style, spoke about it in a telephone interview with his favorite show, Fox and Friends. "Well, Iran did it," was his sentence. The European allies of the United States have expressed serious doubts about Iran's guilt.

Trump's accusation seems to rest on his interpretation of a 1.39-minute video, of very poor quality, taken from a drone. The images show a Revolutionary Guards patrol boat approaching one of the tankers, several hours after an explosion, and taking something away. According to the Pentagon, the Iranians remove from the hull a magnetic mine that has not exploded.

For Trump, video is a test. "You know that they did it because you see this boat," said the president. "I suppose one of their mines did not explode and it basically wrote in Iran (they did not want to leave any material evidence.") The end of the intervention in the program was a clear threat: "They will not close (the Strait of Hormuz), and if they close it, it will not be closed long, and they know it."

Tehran severely reacted to this accusation, saying that its naval guards rescued the crew from one of the ships and rescued the other. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif commented by tweeting that the fact that "the United States immediately accuses my country without any evidence, even circumstantial, clearly indicates that they are heading to Plan B: sabotage diplomatic efforts – including those of Abe Shinzo, and cover their economic terrorism against Iran ". The reference to the Japanese prime minister concerns his previously unsuccessful role as mediator between Tehran and Washington.

Trump did not directly threaten military actions, but he defined Iran as "a terrorist nation, they have changed a lot since I was president, they were unstoppable, but they are now in an extremely difficult situation." The American added that "in those moments, they are not shouting" dead in America "" and said the Iranians were pulling out of Syria and Yemen. In fact, the latter is incorrect because the groups supported by Iran, like the Houthis in Yemen, are very active. The group attacked Saudi oil pipelines and fired a missile at an airport, injuring 26 people.