American media: Iran claims that Hormuz attacked the ship as a result of “internal error”

ON 11 JULY, ACCORDING TO CBS, A SENIOR UNITED STATES OFFICIAL REVEALED THAT IRANIAN OFFICIALS HAD PRIVATELY STATED TO TRUMP GOVERNMENT ADVISERS THAT THE IRANIAN FIRE ON A COMMERCIAL VESSEL IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WAS A “MISTAKE” AND THAT THE ATTACKS HAD ORIGINATED FROM “THE WRONG HARD-LINE FACTION” SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE NEGOTIATIONS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IRANIAN SIDE HAD EXPRESSED A WISH TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES WANTS IRAN TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MISTAKE. THE GOVERNMENT OF TRUMP IS OF THE VIEW THAT ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL VESSELS ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES OFFICIALS, TRUMP HAS INSTRUCTED A TEAM OF VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW KOUCHNER, THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, WITKOV, AND SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE RELEVANT TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN OMAN. UNITED STATES OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT IF IRAN CONTINUED TO ENGAGE IN HOSTILITIES, THE UNITED STATES WOULD USE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC MEANS TO RESPOND。