Trump orders Iran mine-layers sunk as Iran tolls tankers
TEHRAN: Head Donald Trump ordered the US Fleet on Thursday to destroy any Iranian boat caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, putting more
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Trump orders Iran mine-layers sunk as Iran tolls tankers
TEHRAN: Head Donald Trump ordered the US Fleet on Thursday to destroy any Iranian boat caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, putting more pressure on a fraying temporary calm as disruption from the Gulf stand-off battered the world market.
Trump's formal declaration came after the US fleet boarded a vessel in the Indian Ocean that was transporting oil from Iran and after a senior Iranian official stated Tehran had banked its first proceeds from the tolls it exacts on shipping through the strait.
With plans for renewed negotiation formal dialogue in Pakistan hanging in the balance, more energy-hungry airlines cancelled flights, oil prices climbed higher once again and the keenly-watched S&P Global PMI index showed eurozone industry activity shrinking for the first time in 16 months.
"I have ordered the United States Fleet to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be... that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz," Trump posted.
Iran vowed it would keep the strait closed to all but a trickle of approved vessels for as long as the US Fleet blockades its ports, brushing off demands from Trump to both reopen Hormuz and surrender its enriched uranium.
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