“I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Sunday that two Pakistani-flagged oil tankers heading for the strait had turned around. Fears of renewed fighting rattled an already tense region after the US-Iran talks collapsed. I could have their entire energy everything, every one of their plants, their electric generating plants, which is a big deal,” he said. “I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” Trump said.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 12, 2026 18:04 UTC