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statement, the US Navy said it was warning ships that “vessels will be boarded for interdiction and seizure transiting to or from Iranian ports”. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, meanwhile, said Washington was preparing
statement, cited by Iranian broadcaster IRIB. “Until the United States restores full freedom of navigation for vessels travelling from Iran to their destinations and back, the status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain tightly
negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images  Police officers stand
statements from both officials. “I leave Antalya [Turkish city] with fond memories and a renewed commitment to further strengthening the enduring fraternal bonds between our two nations, and to continuing our close cooperation to advance
statements came hours after President Donald Trump, in a [post on Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116412252214963423), said the two leaders would speak. Trump's announcement followed a trilateral meeting between the United States, Israel
statement on Monday night making assurances there would be enough electricity to ensure that US and Iranian negotiators were not plunged into darkness for the duration of their meeting. Hello and welcome to our live
negotiators "have no time for Ukraine" because of the war with Iran, AFP reports. The package will include long-range strike drones, reconnaissance drones, logistics drones and those with maritime capabilities, with many produced
negotiations would resume. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards forces said on Wednesday that their naval forces halted two ships attempting to cross the strait and brought them to shore. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval force
statement late on Tuesday. CENTCOM said that more than 10,000 sailors, Marines and US Air Force personnel are taking part in the operation and that, in the first 24 hours, six merchant ships
statement on social media on Thursday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and lead negotiator in the ceasefire talks, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said a full ceasefire could only work if the US naval blockade is lifted. Analysts
statement on Saturday that "no vessel is to move from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman". It said a number of vessels had passed through the strait under its management
negotiations over the weekend failed to yield a breakthrough. There has been movement on at least one major obstacle: Iran’s insistence that the current ceasefire must also apply to Israel’s ongoing invasion
negotiations, but US President Donald Trump cancelled the trip and said, “we have all the cards, they have none” while reiterating his claim about “infighting and confusion” among Iran’s leadership. “If they want
Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5780996/pope-leo-begins-tour-across-africa-row-with-trump-iran-war) Vice President Vance, who is Catholic, also weighed in on the controversy on Tuesday night, [saying](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxDdmuJ0Mg) the pope should
Trump has disputed the assessment, saying U.S. minesweepers are already clearing the waterway. The threat alone has had a tremendous effect on global shipping. Some vessels with links to Iran made attempts to move through
statement that the Iranian ship [refused to comply](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5790378/iran-us-hormuz-closed-impossible) with U.S. warnings over the course of six hours before the U.S. fired on the ship and boarded it. Trump said U.S. Marines have
negotiating position if talks with Iran are to move forward. ## In Iran - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had no intention of unblocking the Strait of Hormuz. - “Controlling the Strait of Hormuz
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statement posted on Telegram. “For us, a ceasefire in Lebanon is just as important as a ceasefire in Iran,” he said. Ghalibaf led the Iranian delegation at the first round of US-Iran talks
statement, adding he hoped the temporary halt to fighting would “pave the way for negotiations”. The ceasefire took effect at midnight on Thursday (2100 GMT) in Lebanon, where Israel has been conducting [devastating airstrikes