Tehran will keep the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington ends the blockade of Iranian ports.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister said talks with the US cannot happen until the two sides agree on a shared ‘framework’.
Two Indian ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz have come under fire.
A maritime agency reported that a tanker was fired on by gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz.
Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report that Israeli bulldozers are also continuing home demolitions.
Michael Shoebridge says US may be forced to end blockade of Iran to see the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The blockade saga in Hormuz and the tactics of war versus tactics of propaganda.
Asim Munir leaves Tehran while PM Shehbaz Sharif heads home from Turkiye with hopes of another round of US-Iran talks.
Donald Heflin, a senior fellow at Tufts University, says Iran has shown it doesn’t need nuclear weapons as a deterrent.
US President Donald Trump says the US will “have to start dropping bombs again” if no US-Iran deal is reached.
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again until US lifts its ports blockade, hours after Trump said he was optimistic of deal.
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