[US-Israel, Iran War Day #164] Trump Says Iran Has Shown ‘51 Years of Bad Behaviour’

In Brief…

• Israel’s Foreign Ministry slammed Iran’s appointment of a former IRGC commander to a top national security post, pointing to an Interpol Red Notice over his role in the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.
• Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Monday that reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on the United States lifting its naval blockade.
• Oil futures rose more than 1% Sunday after Tehran denied it was engaged in negotiations with the United States and laid out demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
• US Central Command said that as of August 9, US forces had redirected 55 commercial vessels, disabled two and boarded two others to enforce compliance.
• US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios on Sunday that Washington was “low-keying it” with Iran and was only “semi-negotiating” with Tehran as the country faced what he called “huge inflation” and “no money.”

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump claims Strait of Hormuz completely cleared of mines