Vance declines to give timeline for end of US-Iran war
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US Vice President JD Vance declined on Thursday to offer a timeline for ending the US-Israeli war on Iran. He questioned whether the conflict should be called a war, saying there is no active shooting, even as he acknowledged flare-ups.
Key Facts
- Vance said major combat operations lasted about six weeks and degraded Iran's defence production capabilities.
- Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels after the US and Israel launched attacks in late February.
- Roughly a fifth of the world's oil and gas flowed through the Strait of Hormuz before the war.
- Vance said a new deal transferring control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves to the US would help lower global oil costs.
- Vance said the military is investigating a reported US strike on a wedding party in Sirik, Iran.
Vance's Remarks
Vance told reporters at a White House briefing that he would not call the conflict a war because there is no active shooting. He acknowledged that there have been places where the conflict has flared up. Vance said major combat operations lasted about six weeks and that the US has succeeded in degrading Iran's defence production capabilities. He credited President Donald Trump with preventing a larger energy crisis through US military protection of commercial shipping.
Strait of Hormuz
Vance accused Iran of preventing the flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trade route. Iran closed the waterway to commercial vessels after the US and Israel launched attacks in late February. Roughly a fifth of the world's oil and gas flowed through the strait before the war. Vance argued that US military operations were helping create conditions for increased oil shipments through the strait. He also said a new deal transferring control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves to the US would help lower global oil costs.
Wedding Strike Investigation
When asked about a US attack that reportedly struck a wedding party in the coastal Iranian city of Sirik, Vance said the military was investigating the incident.
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