US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of carrying out a drone attack on Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz and said it was “totally unacceptable”.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed, “Their (Iran’s) totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is totally unacceptable.”
His comment comes after three vessels with Indian crew came under attack off the Omani coast this week. After an attack on a Palau-flagged tanker MT Settebello, three Indian seafarers lost their lives.
India had described the attacks as “deeply worrisome”, and the Foreign Ministry called for an immediate end to such attacks.
Today, India summoned the US Charges d’Affaires Jason Meeks for the second time in 48 hours and told him that the US military’s “lethal and deadly” strikes on commercial vessels with Indian crew members are “unacceptable”.
Apart from the drone attack on ships, Trump said that Iran’s “leaked” version of a proposed US-Iran deal on stopping the war is not what was agreed to.
Iran’s description of the proposed agreement “bears no relation to the truth”, Trump said, labelling the Iranians “very dishonourable people to deal with”.
He claimed that when it comes to Iranians, “there is no such thing as dealing in good faith”.
“They better get their act together, and fast!” Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform.
