Ben

And the report claims that strikes on these sites could trigger widespread blackouts and disrupt desalination industry and data centers with cascading effects on UAE's economy and regional trade.

And now the last time Iran made this threat, though, right?

Here's the thing, as I've always said in a negotiation, right?

If you do an ultimatum and you make the threat

You have to follow through with your threat, right?

When I was a litigator, right, if we did a mediation and you threatened to sue if a deadline was not met and you did not sue, the other side then viewed you as totally weak, as a paper tiger.

So you had a file, that's why if you're gonna set the deadline, you better meet the deadline and you better do it.

Otherwise the other side's like, I got it, they're clowns, they're clowns, right?

when iran threatened if you attacked our energy infrastructure in south pars we'll attack the north energy facility run by qatar energy which is connected to our south pars field we'll destroy that as well and so you attack us we'll attack you an eye for an eye or some case you know a head for an eye and they said we'll do it here the here are the targets we'll hit

so the u.s and and netanyahu struck south pars in iran then iran made good on the threat they knocked out this facility or 20 percent of it that does the liquefied natural gas and now

20 of a facility that's responsible for 20 of lng in the world has been destroyed for three to five years so even if the war ends that itself would have a supply shock on lng which is needed across the world for lots of things um so you have that but then when donald trump does 48 hours and then says we had productive conversations with iran and there wasn't conversations iran's like got a clown or he's trying to trick us or both

right it's either weakness or a trick regardless we can't have a serious discussion with that person because look at the tactics same thing today yes donald trump's trying to manipulate our crashing markets iran knows he's trying to do that they've been saying he's trying to jawbone the oil market he's trying to manipulate they write that they post these things iran knows they do they're doing

doing it, but also it's like whether it's from weakness or tricking us.

How could we trust you if this is the behavior?

So that's why these mediators are out there saying that.

Israel's Channel 14 reports that Iranian officials believe ongoing negotiations are an American intelligence ploy in order to gather precise information about leadership locations in Iran and decision-making centers.

So the report adds that this concern has led Tehran to avoid any electronic communications and instead rely on field intermediaries to manage sensitive contacts.

So you have that taking place.

You also have Iran working the United Nations.

Foreign Minister Araghchi says blocking enemy vessels through Hormuz is Iran's legal right.