“There are those who advocate for the liberation of the Strait of Hormuz by force through a military operation, a position sometimes expressed by the United States,” Macron said in South Korea.

Donald Trump sparked anger in France on Thursday after making fun of the French president and his wife, imitating a French accent and saying Emmanuel Macron’s wife “treats him extremely badly”.

“The need for the government to step up and protect the lives and religious liberty of Nigerians cannot be overstated”

China said on Thursday that US and Israeli strikes on Iran were the “root cause” of the Strait of Hormuz blockage, after US President Donald Trump called on affected countries to seize the key waterway.

Iran’s military vowed on Thursday to carry out “crushing” attacks against the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country into the “Stone Ages” in the coming weeks.

US President Donald Trump will address the nation on the Iran war on Wednesday, his first prime-time speech since the conflict began, as plunging approval ratings and rising economic anxiety deepen political pressure at home.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran has asked for a ceasefire but that the United States would only consider this once the Strait of Hormuz is clear for shipping.

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” the amendment states.

“We receive messages from the American side, some direct and some through our friends in the region, and whenever necessary we respond to these messages,” Araghchi said in an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday and dubbed into Arabic from Persian.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday confirmed the killing in a US-Israeli airstrike of a brigadier general sanctioned by the US in 2025 over an international network shipping oil to China and using profits to fund Tehran-backed regional proxies.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that countries that have not joined the Middle East war but are struggling with fuel shortages should “go get your own oil” in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian media reported Tuesday a wave of US-Israeli strikes hit military bases, a cancer drug plant and a religious site — after President Donald Trump threatened to destroy the country’s oil wells and power grid.

Bazoum, 66, was sworn in as president on April 2, 2021 after democratic elections in which he won 55 percent of the vote.

The South Asian nation, home to an estimated 1.4 billion people, faces mounting challenges in providing electricity, food and housing to its growing population.

Iran fired new missiles early Tuesday as it vowed defiance against US President Donald Trump, who threatened to destroy the country’s oil export hub of Kharg Island along with power and desalination plants unless Tehran quickly accepts a deal to end the war.