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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared Friday through state media that the international community has accepted Iran’s victory in its conflict with the United States, calling for an end to hostilities. Pezeshkian’s assertion came as the Trump administration prepares a sweeping economic campaign it characterizes as “economic D-Day” against Tehran.
President Donald Trump announced plans to impose unprecedented economic isolation and sanctions on Iran designed to pressure its government into abandoning its nuclear program and reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz to international oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. The administration has framed these measures as a decisive economic offensive against the nation.
Separately Friday, Tom Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, stated in an interview that Israel maintains occupation of the Golan Heights in contravention of United Nations resolutions. His comments to Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur Mario Nawfal appeared to diverge from the Trump administration’s official position on the disputed territory.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 conflict and formally annexed the territory in 1981. The United Nations maintains that the territory constitutes occupied Syrian land, with resolutions demanding Israeli withdrawal to the June 4, 1967, boundary line. Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the region in March 2019, reversing decades of established U.S. policy, though the designation has gained limited international acceptance beyond Colombia, which became the second nation to recognize Israeli claims this month.
Barrack’s remarks triggered criticism Saturday from conservative activist Laura Loomer, an ally of President Trump, who posted on social media that he “should resign for his lack of understanding of U.S. foreign policy.”
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