Trump Insists U.S. Should ‘Run’ the Strait of Hormuz and Get Paid For It

Iran retaliated by again targeting U.S. assets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Oman.

The hostilities continued into Monday morning, with Bahrain—home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet—reporting it had intercepted multiple Iranian missiles. Jordan also said it had intercepted missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territories

Esmail Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, argued that Iran had not been the first to violate the agreement and insisted the country had “entered negotiations with meticulousness and seriousness.”

“As a coastal state, a country with the most coastline on the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, we certainly have the right and the duty to take the necessary measures to protect our security and national interests,” he said during a press conference, according to state media.

Tehran, over the weekend, reported it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran’s IRGC later stating the only way to fully reopen the waterway was to “end the interventions of the aggressive U.S. military.”