Mojtaba Vows Hormuz as 'Leverage' Amid Trump's Ceasefire Claim

• President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday (April 1) that Iran requested a ceasefire, but he rejected any truce until the Strait of Hormuz is reopened for energy shipments.
• Trump posted on Truth Social that Pezeshkian "has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!"
• Trump conditioned a ceasefire on the Strait of Hormuz being "open, free, and clear," threatening to "blast Iran into oblivion" otherwise.
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards declared on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit point, would remain closed to the country's "enemies."