“You idiot, he meant your Idiot President, Trump. Just google ‘idiot’—you’ll understand who it is,” the embassy said in a post on X.
The purported radio communication, broadcast on maritime channel 16, warned vessels against attempting to pass through the strategic waterway without permission from Iranian forces.
“This is Iranian Sepah (IRGC) Navy calling on channel 16. Strait of Hormuz is still closed. We will open it by the order of our Imam Khamenei, not by the tweets of some idiot.”
“If you want to pass through the Strait, you must ask for the permission from the Iranian Sepah navy. All vessels that have a connection with our enemies will be targeted if they try to pass the Strait of Hormuz,” the message continued.
The embassy’s sarcastic jab followed claims by Trump’s Truth Social posts that the word “idiot” in the clip was directed at Iran’s foreign minister, a suggestion the mission firmly rejected while indicating that the stress in the audio clip is explicitly on the US president not anyone else.
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