Karoline Leavitt: Iran Is ‘Acting Like a Bunch of Pirates’ After Attacks on Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

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LEAVITT: “No, because these were not U.S. ships. These were not Israeli ships. These were two international vessels. And for the American media, who is sort of blowing this out of proportion to discredit the president’s facts that he has completely obliterated Iran’s conventional navy, these two ships were taken by speedy gunboats. Iran has gone from having the most lethal navy in the Middle East to now acting like a bunch of pirates. They don’t have control over the Strait. This is piracy that we are seeing on display. And the naval blockade that the United States has imposed continues to be incredibly effective. And to be clear, the blockade is on ships going to and from Iranian ports. And the point of this is the economic leverage that we maintain over Iran now while there’s a ceasefire with respect to the military and kinetic strikes. Operation Economic Fury continues, and the crux of that is this naval blockade.”