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Clique aqui para pesquisarpesquisarInscreva-seMenu de navegaçãocaret-leftDonald TrumpTrump, Netanyahu e a questão do IrãComo as consequências da guerra no Irã podem influenciar as eleições nos EUAUm guia visual para a redefinição dos distritos eleitoraiscaret-rightEXPLICAÇÃONotícias|ExplicaçãoTrump ameaça transformar o Estreito de Ormuz em um território dos EUA: Ele pode fazer isso.
O presidente dos EUA tem mais uma ameaça extravagante para o Irã, sem fim à vista para a guerra.
Iran has fired back, dubbing Trump’s threats as “nonsense” as the memorandum of understanding signed between the two in June expires on Sunday.
list 1 of 4Iran says no decision yet on a return to talks with the US.
list 2 of 4Is China seeking to copy Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade around Taiwan.
lista 3 de 4 porta-aviões dos EUA que devem substituir o USS Lincoln no Oriente Médio.
list 4 of 4Qatar denies Tehran’s claim it is detaining Iranian bomber pilots.
Tehran has blocked the passage to leverage it as a global economy kill switch, while Washington has maintained a military naval blockade against Iran’s ports, choking its economy further.
In the apparent game of who blinks first – though Trump says negotiation with Iran “is like chess” – the US president’s military rhetoric has also followed a pattern throughout the ongoing war, which began on February 28.
On many occasions, he has threatened to attack Iran only to pull back at the eleventh hour.
So, can the US actually make the Strait of Hormuz its territory? And what does that even mean.
Referring to the naval blockade, Trump went a step further to suggest that the Strait of Hormuz is already a US territory. “Essentially, that’s what it is,” he added.
O Irã mantém que controla a via aquática — e apesar das alegações dos EUA, alguns navios transitaram o estreito apesar do bloqueio, mostra o dados de navegação marítima.
Several Iranian officials have sharply reacted to Trump’s remarks. The head of the judiciary came out with furious rhetoric, calling the US president criminal and feather-headed, his remarks “nonsense” and saying the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, also responded, saying, “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech.”.
Meanwhile, Iran has been holding talks with Oman, the only other coastal country in the strait, to reach a settlement on the management of maritime traffic in the strait.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in comments carried by the Iranian Students’ News Agency, said negotiations between Tehran and Muscat “may reach a conclusion soon”.
The reopening of the waterway, however, is a separate issue, Araghchi said, where Washington has to adhere to promises made in the June memorandum of understanding, including removal of the naval blockade and sanctions on Iran.
Essa é a nova posição iraniana sobre a guerra em andamento, onde Teerã agora busca essas concessões dos EUA para a mera reabertura da via aquática, que originalmente eram condições para o fim da guerra.
First, sovereignty does not exchange hands over a mere unilateral presidential proclamation.
For instance, Trump had earlier threatened to send US boots to Iran’s Kharg Island to take over the key Iranian oil export hub in the Gulf. Tehran then responded by saying that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would be waiting for them, “with fingers on the trigger”.
Trump had previously also threatened to take over Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Bruce Fein, associate deputy attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, says Trump is constitutionally powerless to annex on his own.
If he goes ahead with annexation, Fein says, it would “constitute the crime of aggressive war under international law, including the UN Charter”.
Natalie Klein, especialista em direito internacional e decana associada na Universidade de New South Wales, Sydney, disse, Essencialmente a única maneira pela qual a alegação de Trump poderia ter alguma plausibilidade sob o direito internacional seria se os EUA estivessem afirmando controle sobre o Estreito como uma potência ocupante talvez comparável à autoridade que os EUA exerceram sobre o Japão imediatamente após a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Trump’s war on Iran is also widely unpopular in the US, where the president and his fellow Republicans are seeking to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections.
Barely 35 percent of Americans approve of the war, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Last week, US Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration’s top priority in the war was to control increasing petrol prices, while stopping Iran’s supposed race to a nuclear weapon now comes second.
Tehran has also attacked its neighbours in the Gulf, which analysts say are aimed at forcing the regional countries to push Washington into a corner at the negotiating table.
Even Iran does not enjoy unfettered sovereignty over the strait as a whole, under international laws, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), but only some coastal sites near its own borders.
A UNCLOS reconhece a soberania do estado costeiro sobre as águas territoriais, mas limita esse mar territorial a 12 milhas náuticas (22km), e observa que os navios desfrutam de um direito de passagem que “não deve ser impedido”.
The Strait of Hormuz is in international waters, sandwiched between the coasts of Iran and Oman. At its narrowest point, the strait is only about 21 nautical miles (39km) wide — and the two countries’ 12-nautical mile territorial seas overlap across it.
While neither the US nor Iran has ratified UNCLOS, the convention’s rules on international straits are widely regarded as customary law.
Paul Musgrave, an associate professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, said Trump usually makes such statements primarily to speak to a US audience, especially his support base.
It is important to remember, he added, that Trump is a product of US reality TV and is, at the end of the day, a “showman”.
Trump não pode ser levado a sério, especialmente neste caso, porque tornar o estreito território dos EUA é fisicamente e legalmente impossível, disse ele. Mas as declarações mostram que Trump está determinado a não recuar diante do Irã e aceitar a derrota na guerra que dura meses, acrescentou ele.
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