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Trump\u2019s Remarks on Iran Ahead of Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n WASHINGTON:<\/strong> President Donald Trump stated on Friday that Iran holds no significant advantages in upcoming discussions with the United States, aside from its control of the vital Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n He expressed on his Truth Social platform, \u201cThe Iranians don\u2019t seem to understand they have no cards to play, except for temporarily using global waterways for their advantage.\u201d He emphasized, \u201cThe only reason they are still here is to negotiate!\u201d<\/p>\n In another post, the 79-year-old President commented on Iran\u2019s media skills, saying, \u201cThey handle the Fake News Media and public relations better than they handle battles!\u201d<\/p>\n The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage crucial for shipping, will be central to the peace talks scheduled to take place in Pakistan on Saturday. Although both countries agreed to reopen the channel following a two-week ceasefire declared on Tuesday, threats from Tehran have discouraged many ships from navigating through.<\/p>\n Trump criticized Iran\u2019s efforts in managing oil passage, remarking, \u201cThey aren\u2019t doing well with oil shipments, which is not what we agreed upon!\u201d<\/p>\n His comments about Iran’s lack of leverage mirror his earlier remarks regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, when he stated in February that \u201cyou don\u2019t have the cards\u201d against Russia.<\/p>\n In a different development on Friday, Trump told the New York Post that U.S. warships are being equipped with advanced weaponry in case the negotiations fail. \u201cWe\u2019re preparing the ships with the best ammunition\u2014better than what we had before, and we performed exceptionally,\u201d he shared during a phone interview. \u201cIf no agreement is reached, we\u2019ll use them effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier, in a somewhat vague social media message, Trump hinted at the \u201cWORLD\u2019S MOST POWERFUL RESET!!!\u201d<\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance departed for Islamabad on Friday to lead the U.S. delegation in the upcoming talks, cautioning Iran not to engage in deceptive tactics. \u201cWe aim to have constructive negotiations,\u201d Vance told reporters before leaving Joint Base Andrews. \u201cIf Iran is ready to negotiate sincerely, we\u2019re open to that. If they try to manipulate us, they\u2019ll find our team less accommodating.\u201d<\/p>\n Alongside the Strait of Hormuz, significant issues include U.S. demands that Iran reduce its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and Iran\u2019s interest in preventing further military actions from the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trump\u2019s Remarks on Iran Ahead of Talks WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump stated on Friday that Iran holds no significant advantages in upcoming discussions with the United States, aside from its control of the vital Strait of Hormuz. He expressed on his Truth Social platform, \u201cThe Iranians don\u2019t seem to understand they have no cards to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[300,15914,33964,35180,15979],"class_list":{"0":"post-28469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-iran-israel-war","10":"tag-middle-east-conflict","11":"tag-middle-east-war","12":"tag-strait-of-hormuz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}