United States President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “twenty times harder” if it continues to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran shut down the shipping lane shortly after the initial joint U.S.-Israel attacks.
Now That Iran Has Closed The Strait Of Hormuz, How High Will The Price Of Oil Go?
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps continues to block the Strait of Hormuz, but has reportedly promised full freedom of passage to any Arab or European country that expels U.S. and Israeli ambassadors.
Global oil prices briefly surged to nearly $120 per barrel on Monday before slipping back below the $100 mark. Trump has dismissed the spike as “a very small price to pay” for the war against Iran.
Trump Downplays Oil Prices In Pro-War Post
Trump has also voiced his concerns over the choice of its new religious leader. He said Iran “made a big mistake” in selecting Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader following the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has threatened to assassinate anyone who takes the post.
As of Tuesday, the US-Israeli attacks have killed over 1,300 Iranian civilians, according to official data from Iran. U.S. Central Command claims that only eight service members have died in operations linked to the attacks on Iran, which has put the death toll in the hundreds.
Pentagon Confirms 3 Deaths, Iran Claims It Killed 200 In Strikes
The deadliest attack yet was a strike on a girls’ school in Minab in southern Iran that killed 168 children, with horrific footage emerging from the scene. The U.S. claimed that Iran struck its own school; however, multiple investigative journalists have delivered satellite imagery that shows it was the U.S. that struck the school, killing the children. According to the footage available, the school was hit by a US Tomahawk missile.
As of now, it appears to be a matter of who you’ll choose to believe. No ruling class has been trustworthy, nor should they be trusted. The truth is hard to come by, but what we know is that there is a war, and it gets worse by the day.