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Updated · Reuters · May 5Trump says Iran should surrender and dismisses its military strength
9 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 5
- Speaking in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said Iran's forces were down to firing "peashooters" and claimed Tehran privately wanted a deal.
- He also praised the US blockade of Iranian ports, calling it unchallengeable, and declined to specify what Iranian action would breach the ceasefire.
- The remarks build on his earlier call for a deal and follow renewed tensions after US attacks on Iranian small boats in the Strait of Hormuz.
As casualties mount despite a ceasefire, is the U.S. push for a deal a path to peace or total war? With 20% of global oil cut off, will the battle for the Strait of Hormuz trigger a worldwide economic collapse? With inspectors blind to Iran's nuclear stockpile, could the world unknowingly be on the brink of a new nuclear power?