US President Trump asks allies to escort shipsHORMUZ PROBLEM: Trump told NBC that the US would fight on to enforce better terms in future negotiations and that he would bomb Kharg Island ‘just for fun’AFP, TEHRANIran yesterday warned more countries against getting involved in its war with the US and Israel, after US President Donald Trump urged world powers to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint in the Persian Gulf. The strikes were in retaliation for the US and Israeli air campaign that killed its supreme leader and triggered the regional Middle East war. He said might, again, bomb targets on Iran’s oil hub, Kharg Island, “just for fun.”“Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it, because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” Trump told NBC News. Online operations at Bank Melli, one of the country’s largest, had been paralyzed in the past few days. Late on Saturday, authorities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, also said air defenses had made further interceptions after Iran’s military warned civilians to avoid port areas.

Source: Taipei Times March 15, 2026 17:13 UTC