From 38m agoStrait of Hormuz could be open in 'two or three days' if Iran peace deal is reached, Trump saysThe US president, Donald Trump, has said the peace deal with Iran is in its “final throes” and suggested that the strait of Hormuz could open up in “two or three days” if an agreement with Tehran is secured.“It will open up immediately upon signing,” he told reporters on the tarmac at JFK airport, insisting that Iran will not be allowed nuclear weapons under the terms of a deal.Trump said there are no “sticking points” that would prevent a deal from being reached, although the management of the strait, the way frozen Iranian assets are to be released and Israel’s war on Lebanon have all contributed to the deadlock in negotiations so far.Trump has repeatedly threatened to resume full-scale bombing of Iran, although has pulled back several times as he likely knows that new strikes will keep the strait of Hormuz under the effective control of Iran and lead to an extremely dangerous escalation of attacks on US-allied Gulf states.The effective closure of the strait has led to soaring energy prices around the globe, including in the US where the war is deeply unpopular. Trump said:
double quotation markWe are very close to having a very, very good strong, powerful deal. If we go and bomb – which we can do very easily if we want and we spend another two or three weeks bombing – they’ll have nothing left whatsoever but you won’t have the strait open for months.