Iran’s foreign minister Araghchi pushes back on ‘Strait of Trump’ label for Hormuz
Araghchi pushes back on ‘Strait of Trump’ label for Hormuz
Iran’s foreign minister invoked “Persian Gulf Day” to push back on alternative naming of regional waterways, while highlighting a post by US President Donald Trump.
Abbas Araghchi said Trump had used the term Persian Gulf correctly, contrasting it with what he described as the Pentagon’s “fake version.”
But he warned that referring to the Strait of Hormuz by any other name would be a “terrible mistake.”
Araghchi shared an image previously posted by Trump on Truth Social, which labeled the Persian Gulf correctly but jokingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz with an alternative name.
Today is Persian Gulf Day in Iran, marking our ancestors' expulsion of Portuguese from Strait of Hormuz 400 years ago.
POTUS uses the correct term “Persian Gulf", not the Pentagon’s fake version. But calling Hormuz anything else is indeed a "terrible mistake". pic.twitter.com/KcGwj83W2B
