Latest / THE DAILY BRIEF / Iran THREATENS US allies against 'economic war'
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Yeah, hey guys, good morning. Reports do indicate that crossings
- 0:03Speaker 1: through the Strait of Hormuz are up four hundred percent
- 0:06Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. This comes as the US
- 0:09Speaker 1: Navy is still overseeing vessels out of the Persian Gulf
- 0:13Speaker 1: through a safe southern passage. We do know this passage
- 0:16Speaker 1: allows for millions of barrels of crude oil to be
- 0:18Speaker 1: exported each day. In the backdrop, there is that ongoing
- 0:21Speaker 1: naval blockade and fresh sanctions expected for Iran next week.
- 0:27Speaker 2: Bassin must it in that if Trump decides to take
- 0:29Speaker 2: further action, our response, our retaliations will be seismic. First,
- 0:34Speaker 2: we will tell all neighboring countries and countries around the
- 0:37Speaker 2: world not to join the United States and its economic war.
- 0:40Speaker 2: Any country that takes part in imposing economic restrictions on
- 0:43Speaker 2: us will be regarded as an enemy. Of course, we
- 0:46Speaker 2: will first negotiate with them. We will hold talks and
- 0:49Speaker 2: tell them to step aside and distance themselves from the
- 0:51Speaker 2: United States. But if they do not act, we will strike.
- 0:55Speaker 2: We will target that country's interests.
- 0:58Speaker 1: Iran's parliament speaker and negotiator Mohammed Khalibuff posted to x
- 1:02Speaker 1: over the weekend saying we've received numerous messages from neighboring
- 1:05Speaker 1: countries about shaping new security arrangements and economic cooperation in
- 1:09Speaker 1: the region. The United States put the security of every
- 1:12Speaker 1: single one of its allies at such risk through bullying
- 1:14Speaker 1: and pure disregard for their foreign interests for the sake
- 1:17Speaker 1: of Israel. Now, while President trum vindicated that talks with
- 1:20Speaker 1: Iran have stopped, he says the United States is having
- 1:23Speaker 1: trouble figuring out who to deal with inside of Iran.
- 1:27Speaker 1: In fact, it's actually one of my biggest problems. I
- 1:29Speaker 1: don't know who the hell to deal with.
- 1:31Speaker 2: It's a problem.
- 1:33Speaker 1: It's the only country in the world when nobody wants
- 1:36Speaker 1: to be president.
- 1:38Speaker 2: They say, who wants to be president?
- 1:40Speaker 1: No, I don't want to be president.
- 1:42Speaker 2: So it's a little bit of a problem.
- 1:45Speaker 1: The US military presidence in the Middle East is expected
- 1:48Speaker 1: to remain with no clear path forward in the conflict
- 1:50Speaker 1: with Iran. The USS Abraham Lincoln is headed home after
- 1:53Speaker 1: being deployed for two hundred and seventy four days. This
- 1:56Speaker 1: aircraft carrier made its last port call in December, breaking
- 1:59Speaker 1: a need record. The vessel is being replaced by the
- 2:02Speaker 1: Japan based USS George Washington. Right now, the region is
- 2:05Speaker 1: stuck in a cycle of strikes statements with no end
- 2:08Speaker 1: in sight, but today an interesting economic development inside of Iran.
- 2:13Speaker 1: The Irunian real hit two million to one US dollar
- 2:16Speaker 1: as inflation rapidly rises inside of the country. Guys, be
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