JUDICIARY CHIEF TO ‘SIMPLE-MINDED’ TRUMP: Iran is owner, ruler of Strait of Hormuz
“Trump and his advisers must know that the boots of arrogance will never tread on the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.
Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks on ownership of the Strait of Hormuz as “nonsense,” saying the Islamic Republic is the true owner and ruler of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on social media on Saturday, Mohseni-Eje’i said, “The nonsense and falsehoods of the criminal president of the United States regarding the Strait of Hormuz stem from the delusions of this simple-minded individual.”
“In reality, the owner and ruler of this important global waterway is the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
It came after Trump said, “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated – pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.”
Mohseni-Eje’i said Iran has demonstrated in the military arena that the Strait of Hormuz is an inseparable part of its territorial and border domain, warning that any adventurism in the strategic waterway would result in the destruction and defeat of any aggressor.
“From the perspective of international law and the principles governing national sovereignty as well, the belonging of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran is an explicit and stipulated fact,” Mohseni-Eje’i said.
He added that Trump was “a complete loser” in the arena of politics and military confrontation, saying his online statements could not change realities.
“Trump and his advisers must know that the boots of arrogance will never tread on the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.
Iran closed off the strait as part of its response to the US-Israeli war of aggression, vowing to retain the key waterway closed until its conditions were met.
Earlier in August, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) conditioned reopening of the waterway to realization of such imperatives as the US’s permanently ending aggression against Iran and its regional allies, lifting its illegal naval blockade and all sanctions against the Islamic Republic, returning the country’s frozen assets, and paying compensation for the damage resulting from the aggression.
