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ceasefire only made sense if the blockade was lifted. Iran’s **Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps** seized two vessels on Wednesday for what it called maritime violations and escorted them to Iranian shores, according to statements
official said. - **The US Treasury’s** **Scott Bessent said that as a result of the US blockade, “in a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will
ceasefire”, according to the official IRNA news agency. - **Hours before Iran’s statement, Trump said his negotiators would arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening**. A White House official said the delegation would
statement later corrected by officials. Vance, who led the US delegation in talks earlier this month, has not yet departed Washington and had meetings scheduled for Wednesday morning, a White House official said on Tuesday
statement](https://www.axios.com/2026/04/16/trump-iran-war-powers-vote-fails-democrats), Golden, who is retiring after his current term, noted there are now intense negotiations between the US and Iran during the two-week ceasefire, and claimed “a resolution like this would
official told state media that only nonmilitary vessels would be allowed to transit the strait — and only with permission from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy. Then, Trump went further with his claims
Iranian crude oil, the Pentagon says. The M/T Tifani was boarded overnight, the US Department of Defense announced on Tuesday. The raid was carried out as a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran
officials, state media and the Islamic Republic’s hardcore backers expressed anger, frustration, and confusion after the US leader made a series of claims, with days left on a two-week ceasefire reached on April
Iranian officials have long alluded to the sea passage as a lever of their survival strategy. It seemed a shaky justification for a victory lap, given that the strait was completely open to shipping before
Iranian lawmaker Morteza Mahmoudi said if it wasn’t for wartime conditions, Araghchi should face impeachment over his remarks on X, accusing him of repeated “ill-timed” statements. Within minutes, Tasnim, a news agency close
statement. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar Atas, reporting from Tehran, said any US intervention in the Strait of Hormuz will be viewed by Iran as a violation of the [ceasefire](/news/liveblog/2026/5/3/iran-war-live-trump-says-reviewing-14-point-plan-israel-pounds-lebanon) that came into effect
statement accusing the US of breaching the ceasefire. “We know well that the continuation of the current situation is unbearable for the United States, while we have not even begun yet,” Ghalibaf, who is considered
ceasefire in place since April 8, Iran continues to block the strait in response to a US naval blockade of its ports, preventing oil exports – [Tehran’s economic lifeline](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ceasefire is due to expire on Wednesday. A White House official told the BBC that, as well as Vance, the delegation would include Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who were both also present
official Tasnim news agency reported. ## War diplomacy - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by phone that Tehran would not enter “imposed negotiations” under threats or blockade, an Iranian government statement said
officials told Reuters**, as the US imposes a blockade on shipments from Iranian ports. - UK prime minister **Keir Starmer** and French president **Emmanuel Macron** will **co-host a summit in Paris on Friday focused
statements, his remarks this time appeared to be backed by a series of intensive diplomatic activities in the region. The surprise visit by Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, to Tehran for talks
statement. “Under President Trump’s leadership, as part of Economic Fury, Treasury will continue to follow the money and target the Iranian regime’s recklessness and those who enable it.” The sanctions come as talks
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
Iranian delegation to Islamabad for peace talks with the US last week, the highest level face-to-face contact between Washington and Tehran in decades. Those talks ended without agreement, and a ceasefire