U.S. President Donald Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran just before its expiration, while maintaining a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after planned peace talks between the two sides fell apart.
Trump said in a Truth Social post that Pakistan, which is mediating, asked the U.S. to hold off on fresh strikes. The U.S. is extending the ceasefire until Iran submits a new proposal “and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” he said. In another post, the president said that without the blockade, “there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!”
U.S. Vice President JD Vance had been set to travel to Pakistan to resume talks with Iran, but representatives from Tehran refused to attend, citing what they said were unreasonable American demands. Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency said there is currently no prospect of Iran participating in negotiations.
