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US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker warned Iran that US forces would respond with "overwhelming force" to Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The comments come as US and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US and its neighbours' facilities in states across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the strait.

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00:16Commercial shipping can't be terrorized in the Strait of Hormuz and obviously the memorandum of
00:22understanding between the parties was always performance-based and that President Trump if
00:27shipping is attacked or if the Iranians want to act belligerent, then he will respond with
00:34overwhelming force. We saw it when three ships were attacked a couple nights ago, 90-plus military
00:41strikes on targets. In this most recent attack, 140 or more military targets were attacked by the
00:49United States because that's what you do. You show strength. You make sure the Iranians don't benefit
00:56from this. You make sure the Strait continues to flow. What I can tell you is that the Iranians
01:03need to get their house in order, that the folks that are shooting missiles and drones at ships
01:11need to make sure that they're coordinating with the people that are negotiating the peace deal
01:15and that they're all on the same page because my sense is that they're not. And I think ultimately,
01:20it is in their best interest to continue to work on the deal that was outlined in the
01:26memorandum of an understanding that they perform under that memorandum and that we continue to march
01:33forward to a lasting deal that not only keeps the Strait of Hormuz open and toll-free but also make
01:40sure
01:40that Iran abandon its nuclear ambitions.
01:44Nهاده مدیریت آبراه خلیج فارس در اطلاعیه اعلام کرد به علت تحرکات
01:48غیرقانونی نیروهای نظامی امریکا در منطقه تردد از تنگه هرموز در حال
01:53حاضر امکانپذیر نیست. بنابراین اطلاعیه به محض برقراری سبات و آرامش کلیه
01:59درخواست ها بر اساس زمانبندی بررسی و مجاوزهای لازم سادر خواهد شد.
02:03Nهاده مدیریت آبراه خلیج فارس تحکید داشته. تنها راه دریافت مجاوز تردد ویبسایت
02:09pgsa.ir است.
02:21هم مخواد فشار بیشتری بیاره و مخواد با جنگ به چیزهایی که تو نظرشه به دستاورداش برسه.
02:29ما امروز از موزه زف نباید به قضیه نگاه بکنیم.
02:34بسیار قوی بودر رو ولی همه چیرم در نظر بگیریم.
02:40مردم هم تو فشار هست. تا جایی که میتونیم با دیپلوماسی قوی قدرتمند.
02:46نظرم ادامه داره.
02:47چون اونا دارن زور میگن دیگه. برحال میخوان یه دست بندازن رو تنگه
02:53از مسیری که خودشون معاین کردن میگن که مثلا باید کشتی از اینجا رد بشه.
02:57ایران هم نمیخوان چیزی رو بپذیره که نبایدم بپذیره چون تنگه مال ایران اومانه.
03:03اونا از اون بر دنیا آمدن برحال دیگه.
03:05اونجا زور بگن دیگه.
03:07وقتی میزنن باید بزنی دیگه.
03:10وقتی نزنی یعنی شما باختی یعنی شکست داردیم زورت نمیرسه.
03:14ایران از دیگه برای ترکلفظی ای نیمغرب گوه دیگه چونètres ای ن pcvesن کردبرگه.
03:19What we don't have is what the political scientists call a herding stalemate.
03:25That is to say, a stalemate that is actually costing both sides and convincing them, A, that time is not
03:34on their side, B, that they no longer have the capacity to escalate, and C, there are no other options
03:39at their disposal.
03:42Therefore, concluding all of this, a herding stalemate would produce enough time and space for a successful negotiation.
03:48I don't think we have, we're anywhere near a herding stalemate.
03:53The Iranians have weaponized geography, and they have found a weapon that is much safer and more effective than the
04:02development of a nuclear weapon, and that is to turn the Straits of Hormuz into literally an ATM machine, but
04:08also to use it as a way to gain increased leverage with key Gulf states.
04:12And as a consequence, this is not a negotiating position, not a tactic on the part of the Islamic Revolutionary
04:20Guard Corps.
04:21It is a fundamental core requirement that once having deployed geography as a weapon, they want to be able to
04:29use it going forward.
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04:43.
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