Breaking: John Bolton Slams US–Iran Agreement & Criticizes Iran Peace Deal

[00:00:00]Mr. Bolton, just last question, sir.

[00:00:03]Uh since you have close closely worked with Trump and also on Iran, if you were sitting in the situation room today, would you advise President Trump to walk away from this deal or use the next 60 days to harden it dramatically?

[00:00:17]>> Well, you know, he signed it. That's That's a mistake. I I You know, you can't correct that now, but what I would insist is on absolutely strict performance by Iran. And I would focus because the issue of the Strait of Hormuz is the center of this deal. Uh I I would I would focus on Iran meeting its international legal obligations. A lot of people like to uh take that as the standard, and you know, the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and that means whether you're a party to the Law of the Sea Treaty or not, there is a right of innocent passage through the strait for all commercial vessels. That means no tolls, no restrictions, uh there's no exercise of sovereignty uh over that the right of innocent passage, not by Iran, not by Oman, not by any of the littoral states uh of of the Gulf. And if Iran varies from that conduct, which was which was the kind of conduct all the Gulf nations engaged in before the war, then I think the deal's off.