UMVA has learned that a tense standoff is unfolding between the United States and Iran, with President Donald Trump issuing veiled threats of military action against the country.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Trump told Iranian officials that the U.S. would resume bombing Iran if the issues around the Strait of Hormuz aren’t worked out, warning them that if they close the strait, they “won’t have a country” and “won’t even make it back to their f—ing country.”
The president also floated the idea that the U.S. may “take over” the Strait of Hormuz if a deal can’t be reached in Switzerland, where Vice-President JD Vance was scheduled to meet with an Iranian delegation to work out a peace plan.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump plans to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and impose tolls if plans on reaching a peace deal with Iran fall through, citing a conversation he had with Trump on Friday to work on the Trump administration’s fallback strategy.
Graham told a news outlet that if the deal fails, President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz over by force, with the United States controlling the strait and charging a fee for all those who go through to pay for the operation.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran had stalled, but were not over yet, with back-channel dialogues ongoing to make the parties return to the table.
Iran’s chief negotiator denounced the “desperation” of the U.S. after Trump threatened the Iranian delegation that’s negotiating the peace deal with Vance, saying the U.S. was trying to bully Iran into agreeing to a deal.
UMVA has gathered that Trump also suggested that the U.S. could become the “guardian angel” of the strait by collecting 20% of the oil that passes through it, a proposal that has been met with skepticism by Iranian officials.
The situation remains volatile, with Iran’s military command saying it will close the strait due to alleged violations of the ceasefire with Lebanon and the U.S. “failing to implement” the first clause of the tentative deal to end the war.
