Islamabad, Apr 14 (PTI) Iran’s envoy to Pakistan on Tuesday termed the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz a “reckless misstep meant possibly for a dignified exit and face-saving”.
“A vicious circle of redundant words to reckless act and back again!” Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X.
He said the “unlawful, provocative & non-constructive act of establishing a naval blockade is a reckless misstep meant possibly for a dignified exit and face-saving.” Moghadam said that imposing a naval blockade aims to create the idea that “things are imposed by force and thereby justifying deployment of ammunition, rhetoric, loss of lives and costs on American taxpayers”.
“Still, the miscalculation adds up to the inventory of faults with dire consequences for the whole region and beyond,” he added.
His comments came in the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s announcement of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in a bid to cripple Iran’s oil supplies to China and other countries.
Trump’s move came after the US and Iran failed to reach an agreement following historic marathon talks in Islamabad over the weekend to find a peaceful resolution of the conflict that started on February 28.
On April 8, the two sides announced a two-week ceasefire.
Pakistan is engaged in high-level contacts to bring Iran and the US back to the negotiating table and the two sides may meet again in Islamabad for a second round of talks by next week, The Express Tribune newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing highly placed sources. PTI ZH ZH
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