Mr Trump did not mention a looming deadline he set for Iran to open the strait. Since the start of the war, the Trump administration has sent mixed and at times contradictory signals about the US’s objectives. “Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war?” ​Mr Pezeshkian asked in a letter posted in English on his X account. Mr Trump has downplayed concerns about Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, dismissing it as too deeply buried underground to matter. He had previously argued that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon was a major justification for the war.

Source: Irish Examiner April 02, 2026 13:47 UTC