Iran Labels California Its 'New Territory' After Trump's Hormuz Claim
Iranian officials called Trump’s claim a delusion and said 141,000 Iranian Americans live in Los Angeles County as the social-media dispute escalated.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory," asserting "total control" over the strategic waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
- Tensions persist following the failure of a June memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran aimed at ending conflict and resolving disputes over navigation through the Strait.
- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi denounced the post as a "delusion," warning that Trump's claims regarding the waterway would soon be "corrected" either by circumstances or by Iran itself.
- In response, an official Iranian social media account labeled California a "new territory" of Iran, directly mirroring Trump's imagery and escalating the digital diplomatic exchange between the two nations.
- Los Angeles County is home to an estimated 141,000 Iranian Americans, the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent outside Iran, making the rhetoric particularly resonant within diaspora communities.
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Iran vows to 'correct' Trump's Hormuz 'delusions'
Iran has strongly rejected former US President Donald Trump's assertion that the Strait of Hormuz is 'NEW U.S. TERRITORY', with top officials warning that his 'delusions' would be 'corrected' and highlighting the gap between Washington's claims and its actual influence over the strategic waterway.
"We will correct delusions of this deluded man": Iran hits back at Trump's assertion over Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory"
"Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, soon his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will either be corrected or we will correct the delusions of this deluded man," Gharibabadi said in a post on X.
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