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“We took out the other night 22 ships late at night, with no lights because they don’t have any radar, because we blasted the crap out of it,” said Donald Trump, making a claim – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – that the US has secretly taken barrels of oil out of the strait of Hormuz. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► youtube.com
The new US assault across a range of Iranian cities came as efforts to negotiate an end to the war again appeared stuck, with Iran insisting it would maintain its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz. In a series of media briefings this week, US officials sought to play down the significance of the attacks while claiming the ceasefire remained in place and wider negotiations with Iran had not been affected. Speaking from the White House on Wednesday, the US president said that he was not concerned about inflation because of recent developments in the conflict. In this video, Guardian journalist Paul Owen breaks down what we know about whether the US has been taking out “millions of barrels of oil” without Iran’s knowledge. The US has launched a wave of strikes across southern Iran for the second consecutive day. #trump #iran #straitofhormuz #factcheck #donaldtrump