Iran is collapsing financially and losing about $500 million a day, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continued.

>Trump said Tehran was seeking the immediate reopening of the waterway and was under severe financial pressure.
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>“Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS,” he wrote.