Trump's shipyard plan Iran disputes US pressure

Oct 6

CCTV reports Trump's October 6 Sparrows Point announcement of a $6.6 billion shipyard project for submarines, components and unmanned underwater vehicles. It attributes projected Maryland and national jobs to him and a $3.7 billion Anduril investment plus $2.9 billion Navy contribution to Pentagon information. In the same speech, Trump says the Iran operation must end and claims the blockade controls shipping and has collapsed Iran's finances. CCTV then cites Rezaei's October 6 post rejecting economic pressure and saying Hormuz will reopen only after a permanent war end and removal of sanctions and blockade. It recalls Bessent's claims of blockade effectiveness. The investment, employment forecasts and conflicting economic/military claims retain their attribution; no completed shipyard, settlement or reopening is reported.

IRINN reads Mohsen Rezaei's social-media statement that threats or pressure will neither reopen Hormuz nor make Iran retreat, dismissing Bessent's forecasts and predicting a U.S. economic-war defeat. CCTV identifies the matching post as October 6 and adds his condition of a permanent end to war and removal of sanctions and blockade before reopening. These are attributed assertions and conditions, without an actual reopening or settlement.