Iranian ambassador accuses Trump of losing the war
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Iran’s ambassador to South Africa, Mansour Shakib Mehr, accuses Donald Trump of losing the war against Iran and jeopardising his political future. He links Republican losses to the conflict’s economic consequences and calls for an end to sanctions and the war, according to IOL.
Iran’s ambassador to South Africa, Mansour Shakib Mehr, says US President Donald Trump has lost his war against Iran and jeopardised his political future. He accuses Trump of plunging the world into an economic crisis by waging the war with Israel, in a statement to IOL.
Mehr calls for sanctions against Iran to be lifted, a definitive end to the war and blockade, and the implementation of commitments set out in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding. He rejects any temporary solution and says US threats no longer have any effect, according to IOL.
The Strait of Hormuz remains at the centre of the conflict. Commercial maritime traffic there is said to have fallen from about 85 vessels a day before the war to an average of seven currently, disrupting global trade and oil and gas supplies, reports IOL.
The statement by Mansour Shakib Mehr comes as Republican losses in the midterm elections have increased Donald Trump’s political difficulties. The US president acknowledged that the war had contributed to the Republican defeat while continuing to defend his decision to launch strikes against Iran, according to IOL. It comes after Iran claimed the electoral defeat, announced on 5 November, and after Donald Trump’s statements on the midterm elections on 10 November.
