Iran says it "cannot trust" U.S. in negotiations as Trump says "we control" strait

The U.S. is successful power of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding "We wiped retired their equipped forces, essentially."

Speaking to reporters connected Air Force One aft his acme with China's President Xi, Mr Trump said "We power the Strait [of Hormuz], and they've done nary business… truthful we person ben doing precise good connected each fronts.

"We don't request favors," helium added. "We wiped retired their equipped forces, essentially." 

"We whitethorn person to bash a small cleanup work," helium added. "Because we had a small month-long ceasefire, I conjecture you'd telephone it, but we person a blockade that's truthful effective, that's wherefore we did the ceasefire."

Mr Trump added that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping "feels strongly" that Iran should not person a atomic weapon, "and helium wants them to unfastened up the strait."

The President besides said ‌he felt OK astir a suspension of Iran's atomic programme for 20 years, but lone if determination is simply a "real" committedness ⁠from Tehran.

Iran's overseas curate Abbas Araghchi said Friday that his state "cannot spot the Americans astatine all" and that they are "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to springiness diplomacy a chance."

Speaking astatine a property league successful New Delhi during the ongoing BRICS summit, Araghchi added that the Strait of Hormuz "is open, and each vessels tin pass," but those that beryllium to "countries that are astatine warfare with us."

"We are present successful a ceasefire, though it is precise shaky," helium said. "But we are trying to support it successful bid to springiness diplomacy a accidental truthful that a negotiated, diplomatic solution tin beryllium found."

He described the deficiency of spot successful the U.S. arsenic "the main obstacle to immoderate diplomatic effort." 

"We cannot spot the Americans astatine all," helium said. "Everything indispensable beryllium precise and intelligibly defined earlier immoderate statement tin beryllium concluded."

"Every time brings a antithetic message, sometimes adjacent 2 antithetic messages successful a azygous day, which deepens mistrust."

Iranian troops volition support the state "until the past driblet of blood," the caput of its service has said.

In remarks carried by astir each state media, the Iranian army's commander-in-chief Major General Amir Hatami said, "With each our being, until the past driblet of humor and God consenting until the realization of implicit victory," his troops would "continue our ineffable ngo of defending the territorial integrity" and "independence of the country."

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) enactment successful a subject workout aimed astatine 'increasing combat capabilities' successful Tehran province, Iran, connected May 12, 2026. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Anadolu via Getty Images

"The contented of decease has been resolved for our fighters," helium added. "We combat for victory, but we besides see martyrdom a large blessing."

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claims "Iran was the victor successful this war" and says  the state indispensable present beryllium seen arsenic susceptible of "confronting the world's top powers."

In a video posted to his Telegram transmission Friday, Araghchi told authorities TV that "all countries present admit that the Islamic Republic of Iran was the victor successful this war."

"Iran was capable to forestall its enemies from achieving their objectives and succeeded successful imposing its will," helium added.

"From present on, Iran indispensable beryllium viewed differently," helium said, "as a powerfulness susceptible of confronting the world's top powers."

He besides doubled down connected his condemnation of the UAE for, helium claimed, lasting "alongside the United States and Israel during this war" … by providing "airspace, territory, facilities and services to U.S. forces."

Araghchi added that Tehran and Abu Dhabi should "see information successful determination cooperation, not successful dependence connected forces from extracurricular the region."

As his acme with Chinese President Xi Jinping was wrapping up Friday, President Trump told reporters the 2 leaders "feel precise akin connected Iran" and stock a tendency to bring the Iran warfare to an end.

Mr. Trump noted that some countries privation the Strait of Hormuz — a cardinal chokepoint that 20% of the world's lipid usually travels done — to beryllium reopened -- and some privation to support Iran from obtaining a atomic weapon.

Mr. Trump told Fox News aft helium and Xi met Thursday that Xi said he's not going to springiness immoderate subject instrumentality to Iran, which the U.S. president called a "big statement." It remains to beryllium seen if Xi follows through. Mr. Trump besides told Fox News that Xi wants to assistance reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been efficaciously closed since the U.S.'s warfare with Iran began successful precocious February. China is Iran's biggest lipid customer.  

In an interrogation with Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday from Beijing, President Trump said that during their summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him that China would not supply subject instrumentality to Iran for its warfare successful the Middle East.

Asked by Hannity however large of a treatment the 2 leaders had regarding China's enactment for Iran, Mr. Trump responded, "We discussed it. When you accidental support, they're [China] not warring a warfare with america oregon anything."

According to Mr. Trump, Xi told him that he's "not going to springiness [Iran] subject equipment. That's a large statement. He said that today. That's a large statement. He said that strongly."

Last month, CBS News reported that U.S. quality agencies had detected signs that China was weighing whether to supply the Iranian authorities with precocious radar systems.

Mr. Trump disclosed that Xi besides noted to him however overmuch China depends connected the lipid and state it imports from Iran.

"But astatine the aforesaid time, helium said, you know, they bargain a batch of their lipid there, they would similar to support doing that," Mr. Trump said. "He'd similar to spot the Hormuz strait opened," adding that Xi "didn't similar the information that they're [Iran] charging tolls. I don't cognize if they are oregon not."

According to analysts astatine maritime quality institution Lloyd's List, aboriginal successful the war, Iran had been utilizing Larak Island, which is located a fewer miles disconnected Iran's coast, arsenic a tolling halt for tankers.

Per the legislature U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, China purchases astir 90% of the lipid that Iran exports.

And according to investigation from Det Norske Veritas, an autarkic planetary assurance and hazard absorption provider, anterior to the Iran war, China imported 70% of its lipid and gas, the bulk of which came done the Persian Gulf.

President Trump said successful an interrogation with Fox News that he's "not going to beryllium overmuch much patient" connected a imaginable bid woody with Iran. 

"I'm not going to beryllium overmuch much patient," Mr. Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday. "They should marque a deal." 

After wrapping up their acme successful Beijing, Mr. Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping "would similar to spot a woody made."

"He said, 'If I tin beryllium of immoderate assistance astatine all, I would similar to beryllium of help.' Anybody that buys that overmuch lipid has evidently got immoderate benignant of relationship, but he'd similar to spot the Hormuz Strait open," Mr. Trump told Hannity. 

The caput of U.S. forces successful the Middle East told senators that the bombing run against Iran, named Operation Epic Fury, achieved each of its objectives to "significantly degrade" the country's subject capabilities, adjacent arsenic Tehran continues to assertion power of the Strait of Hormuz.

Admiral Brad Cooper of U.S. Central Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. forces person destroyed much than 90% of Iran's inventory of 8,000 naval mines to forestall their deployment successful the strait. But helium acknowledged Iran inactive maintains immoderate capabilities to endanger ships.

"The Iranian quality to halt commerce has been dramatically degraded done the straits, but their dependable is precise loud, and those threats are intelligibly heard by the merchant manufacture and the security industry," Cooper said Thursday.

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President Trump said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping would similar to see a deal with Iran made, and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and has offered to help.

"President Xi would similar to spot a woody made," Mr. Trump told Fox News big Sean Hannity. "He would similar to spot a woody made. And helium did offer, helium said, 'If I tin beryllium of immoderate assistance astatine all, I would similar to beryllium of help.'"

"Look, anybody that buys that overmuch lipid has evidently got immoderate benignant of narration with them, but helium said, 'I would emotion to beryllium of help, if I tin beryllium of immoderate assistance whatsoever.' He'd similar to spot the Hormuz Strait open," Mr. Trump said. "He said, 'If I tin beryllium of immoderate assistance whatsoever, I would similar to help.'"