Florida での集会にて、US president は歓声を上げる群衆に「我々は船を乗っ取った」と語る
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Donald Trump は、Iran の港に対する報復的な American の封鎖の中で船舶を拿捕した作戦について、US navy が「海賊のように」行動したと述べた。
「我々は…その上に降り立ち、船を乗っ取った。貨物を奪い、石油を奪った。非常に収益性の高いビジネスだ」と、Trump は金曜日に Florida で開催された集会で語った。
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German 国防相が、5,000人の US 軍部隊が Germany 国内の基地を離れるという US 大統領の発表に反応した。
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German 国防相の Boris Pistorius は、Pentagon が Germany から数千人の American 兵士を引き揚げると発表したことを受け、US が Europe から部隊を撤退させることは「予見可能」であったと述べた。
Trump は、数週間にわたる停戦にもかかわらず和平交渉が停滞している中で、戦争終結に関する Iran からの新たな提案について「満足していない」と述べた。Iran 国営通信社 Irna の報道によると、Iran は木曜日の夜、調停役の Pakistan に提案書の本文を届けたが、その内容の詳細は明らかにされていない。
US State Department は、Middle East の同盟国である Israel、Qatar、Kuwait、および United Arab Emirates に対し、総額86億ドルを超える軍事売却を承認していると発表した。Financial Times が複数の情報源を引用して報じたところによると、Iran 戦争で枯渇した備蓄の補充に奔走する Washington は、UK、Poland、Lithuania、Estonia を含む Europe の同盟国に対し、US 兵器の納期に大幅な遅延が生じることを想定するよう警告した。
Lebanon では、継続中の停戦にもかかわらず Israeli 軍が避難命令を出していた Habboush の町を含め、南部における Israeli の攻撃で12人が死亡したと Lebanon 保健省が発表した。国営 National News Agency によると、Israeli の軍用機は警告から「1時間足らずで一連の激しい攻撃」を開始した。
US Treasury Office は、Iranian Red Crescent Society などの組織への慈善寄付を含め、Hormuz 海峡通過のために Iran に通行料を支払ったいかなる海運会社も、制裁措置のリスクを負うことになると警告した。Tehran は、終戦に向けた合意の一環として、海峡を通過する船舶に料金を課すことを提案している。
Trump は金曜日、US 軍の態勢に変更はないものの、国内で戦争に対する議会承認を求める圧力が続く中で、US 議員らに対し Iran との敵対行為が「終了した(terminated)」と宣言する書簡を送った。
State Department の金曜日の発表には、40.1億ドルの Patriot air and missile defence replenishment services と、9億9240万ドルの APKWS の Qatar への売却承認が含まれていた。また、Kuwait への25億ドルの integrated battle command system、および Israel への9億9240万ドルの APKWS の売却承認も含まれている。
Iran の最高指導者 Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei は、戦争と数年間にわたる制裁が打撃を与える中、国民に対して経済的な戦いを展開し、敵を「失望」させるよう促した。書面による声明の中で、同氏はまた「被害を受けた事業の所有者は、可能な限りレイオフや従業員の解雇を避けるべきである」と述べた。
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President は、 Democrats が反発する中、戦争を承認するための立法上の期限はもはや適用されないことを示唆したようです。
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Donald Trump は金曜日に Congress 指導部に送った書簡の中で、 Iran との敵対行為は「terminated」したと述べ、 legislative branch からの承認を求める60日間の期限はもはや適用されないことを示唆しました。
金曜日は、 US President が2月28日に US と Israel が Iran に対して攻撃を開始したことを Congress メンバーらに通知してから60日目に当たります。
War Powers Act of 1973 に基づき、 President は「imminent threat」に対応するために部隊を配備できますが、軍事作戦を継続するには60日以内に Congress の承認を得る必要があります。
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• US大統領の声明は、Germanyの首相が紛争においてUSが「屈辱を与えられている」と述べたことを受けてのものです。
• US大統領 Donald Trumpは昨夜、首相 Friedrich Merzが今週、USはIranによって「屈辱を与えられている」と述べたことを受け、Germanyに配備されている部隊の数を削減すると脅しました。
• Trumpは、USは「Germanyにおける部隊削減の可能性を調査および検討しており、今後短期間のうちに決定が下される予定だ」と述べました。
Donald TrumpがUS Navyによる封鎖を維持する意向を見せ、Iranがstrait of Hormuzをほぼ閉鎖し続けていることで、石油市場には動揺が広がっている。Donald TrumpがIranの港に対するUSの封鎖が数ヶ月続く可能性があると警告し、和平交渉が停滞したままとなったことを受け、水曜日のBrent oilの価格は1 barrelあたり126ドルを超え、2022年以来の高値を記録した。24時間で13%以上急騰し、Brent crudeは戦争が始まった2月28日以来の最高値を更新した。2022年のRussiaによるUkraine侵攻以来、Brentが120ドルを超えたことはなく、当時の価格は139ドルでピークに達していた。Continue reading...
US president says there’s ‘no reason to meet’ Tehran unless they agree never to have nuclear weaponsWelcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.Donald Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran.Iran gave the US a new proposal on reopening the strait and ending the war, with nuclear negotiations postponed for a later stage, according to the news site Axios. The US state department and White House did not immediately comment on the Sunday report, which cited an unnamed US official and two sources.Araghchi’s talks with Pakistani officials on Sunday had included “implementing a new legal regime over the strait of Hormuz, receiving compensation, guaranteeing no renewed military aggression by warmongers and lifting the naval blockade”, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. In the talks with Omani leader Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, Araghchi called for a regional security framework free of outside interference.Araghchi would meet with Putin “in continuation of the diplomatic jihad to advance the country’s interests and amid external threats”, Iran’s envoy in Russia, Kazem Jalali, said on X.Two US air force C-17s carrying security staff, equipment and vehicles used to protect US officials flew out of Pakistan after the latest diplomatic trip was called off, two Pakistani government sources told Reuters on Sunday. Continue reading...
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.Trump added to Fox News: “They can call us anytime they want.” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Pakistan’s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations. Continue reading...
Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and leadership decapitation to a plan of sustained economic pressure as it tests the wills of a regime practiced over decades at wars of attrition.Since the negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with Iran – despite the growing economic toll inflicted on the world economy by the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The reason, senior officials have said, is because of the joint US-Israeli strikes were so successful that they have fractured Iran’s leadership and prevented a new consolidation of power. Continue reading...
Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is remarkable since he has previously said either he has little knowledge of the new Iranian leadership or that there has already been regime change. Continue reading...
US president says Tehran hobbled by infighting as Pentagon reportedly briefs mine clearance may take six monthsMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz,” adding that Iran’s leadership was so hobbled by infighting that it was unclear who was in charge.But the US president’s claim seemed questionable in the face of the seizure of two container ships by Iranian commandos and a US report warning it could take six months to clear the strait of mines. Continue reading...
US special envoy Zampolli hopes for Italy involvementDoubts remain over Iran’s participationAn envoy to the US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Continue reading...
U-turn comes after Trump said the US military was ‘raring to go’. Plus, Virginia voters pass new congressional maps in blow to presidentDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump unilaterally announced an extension of the two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday amid frantic efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table.How are Trump’s negotiating tactics being received? The president’s impatience and rough-house diplomatic style, including his frequent online posting, has been a key stumbling block to restarting peace talks, writes the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour.Is Tehran united on how to deal with Washington? Analysts say it is not, with fierce disagreement among Iranian leaders over how to respond to US pressure and whether to risk a new wave of bombing.Follow the latest updates with our liveblog.How much of a boost for the Democrats is Virginia’s referendum result? It could help them win four additional House seats in November’s midterms, which could prove pivotal in an evenly divided Congress. Continue reading...
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Iran’s Kharg Island storage facilities will be full and their ‘fragile’ oil wells shut in mere days because of the blockade; oil prices rise amid ongoing uncertaintyTrump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’Shares have been mixed in early trading across Asia, while oil prices have eased on hopes the US and Iran may resume talks to end their war.The price of Brent crude edged 0.2% lower but was still above $98 a barrel. US benchmark crude fell 0.4% to $89.29 a barrel. Continue reading...
US president’s hubristic and contradictory social media statements are key stumbling block to ending the warDonald Trump’s blend of threats and hubristic commentary, often casually dismissive of Iran, has, as much as the continuation of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, been the key stumbling block to restarting peace talks between the two countries under Pakistan’s mediation in Islamabad.However much the Iranian foreign ministry insists it would not respond to every social media utterance issued by the US president on Iran, and sometimes there are as many as seven a day, Tehran cannot ignore them all, even if they contradict what the Iranians are being told in private about Trump’s true intentions. Continue reading...
The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fightIt is the doomsday scenario that Donald Trump repeatedly swore he would never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”.Now, with a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran coming to an end and prospects for renewed negotiations hanging by a thread, the chances of the president breaking that pledge and ordering some kind of ground incursion seem to be rising. Continue reading...
The US president rejects extending truce as Tehran warns of response and negotiators head to IslamabadSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump said on Tuesday that he expects to resume bombing Iran, as a fragile 14-day ceasefire approaches its deadline Wednesday with no deal in sight.“I expect to be bombing because I think that’s a better attitude to go in with,” Trump told CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We’re ready to go. The military is raring to go.” Continue reading...