Middle East crisis live: Trump teases another Iran attack and claims US ‘secret mission’ moved 100m oil barrels in Strait of Hormuz

Trump claims US was close to a deal but Iran is ‘playing us for suckers’ and says that the ‘United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz, not Iran’If the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Danny Citrinowicz, the former head of the Iran branch of Israeli military intelligence.Today’s exchange of strikes shows how easily both Iran and the US can slide towards another round of escalation, says Citrinowicz, who is now a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council.If Washington is unwilling to accept that reality, it should