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トランプ大統領、合意が成立するまで米国の封鎖は継続すると発言

-- ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は月曜日、Truth Social上で、米国の封鎖は合意が成立するまで継続され、イランは石油を求めて船舶を米国に向けて強制的に航行させていると改めて表明した。 「イラン指導部は、石油を確保するために、数百隻の船舶を主にテキサス州、ルイジアナ州、アラスカ州に向けて強制的に航行させている」とトランプ大統領は投稿した。 Truth Socialへの複数の投稿で、トランプ大統領は、イランが1日あたり5億ドルの損失を被っていると主張し、この損失は「持続不可能」だと述べ、封鎖は合意が成立するまで解除されないと断言した。 軍事作戦に関して、トランプ大統領は「事態は非常に順調に進んでいる」とし、米国は「圧倒的に」戦争に勝利していると述べた。 また、イランとの協議に関して「何の圧力も受けていない」と述べ、合意案はイラン核合意としても知られる包括的共同行動計画(JCPOA)よりも「はるかに優れている」とし、JCPOAは米国の国家安全保障にとって最悪の取り決めの一つだと批判した。 トランプ氏はTruth Socialへの別の投稿で、民主党がイランとの交渉における米国の立場を弱体化させようとしていると述べ、不利な合意に拙速に踏み込むつもりはないと強調した。 「米国が、本来得られるはずだったものよりも劣る合意に急いで従わされるようなことはさせない」とトランプ氏は述べ、交渉の緊急性を主張する声を否定した。 同氏は報道を一蹴し、協議は「比較的早く」終結する可能性があると付け加えた上で、過去の合意よりも有利な条件を確保することに注力していると述べた。

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