Task: Iran suspends all talks with the US
A cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz outside the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. Archive photo. Photo: Amirhosein Khorgooi/AP/TT
Iran has decided to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and stop all communication with the US, reports the state-run Iranian news agency Tasnim.
According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are continuing.
The announcement from Iran is said to be a response to Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon. According to sources close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Iran and its allies have decided to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and also "activate other fronts, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait".
The Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen is the southern gateway to the Red Sea and is a key shipping route for global trade. Iran has also previously threatened to drag the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen into the conflict.
Trump: Better negotiator
US President Donald Trump told NBC News that he was not informed of the Iranian decision in advance.
“It is appropriate for them to say, because they are better at negotiating than fighting,” Trump said in a brief telephone interview.
“That does not mean we are going to start dropping bombs,” the president said, emphasizing that the US blockade of Iranian ports will continue.
In a later post on Truth Social, Trump claims that “talks with Iran are continuing, at a rapid pace.”
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