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Iran's Velayati Calls Trump's Hormuz Threats 'Stupid' — and Warns of Global Food Security Risk

Tehran's top international affairs advisor to the Supreme Leader has dismissed Donald Trump's latest verbal threats against Iran as ignorant of basic global economic realities, and used the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes — as explicit leverage.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·middle-east·1-minute read·3 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

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