{"id":207419,"date":"2026-04-12T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-trump-says-u-s-will-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-peace-talks-fail-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:47:32","slug":"live-updates-trump-says-u-s-will-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-peace-talks-fail-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-trump-says-u-s-will-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-after-peace-talks-fail-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz after peace talks fail – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian state media said "excessive demands" sank the possibility of an agreement, while Vice President JD Vance said he made a "final and best offer."
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., responded to Trump’s post about the U.S. blockading the Strait of Hormuz, saying in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that Trump is “doing the right thing.”
He said he believed Trump was trying to make a “strategic decision” to allow the U.S. to “establish that control” over the waterway. He pointed to Trump saying that the Navy would work to decommission any mines in the Strait “so that you could have an orderly return to the Strait of Hormuz being open.”
“The president, I believe, is doing the right thing, trying to control the straits, possibly in order to open that up for international water, so you can have trade move freely, not just in that region, but for the rest of the world,” he said later.
Trump has threatened a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Iran of trying to extort vessels for passage, after the failure of peace talks yesterday.
The leader, who previously attacked Iran for blocking the critical oil and shipping chokepoint, said in a Truth Social post: \u201cEffective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d
He said that he had \u201cinstructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran,\u201d adding: \u201cNo one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.\u201d
Trump also threatened to resume the conflict after peace talks failed yesterday, adding: \u201cAt an appropriate moment, we are fully \u201cLOCKED AND LOADED,\u201d and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran.\u201d
Iran\u2019s refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions resulted in a failure of negotiations, Trump said in a second post.
He said that talks between Iran and the U.S. in Pakistan lasted throughout the night and that points had been agreed to, but he said \u201cthere is only one thing matters\u00a0\u2014 IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS!\u201d\u00a0
In the second post, he accused Iran of seeking to block the Strait of Hormuz, despite threatening to blockade it himself.
\u201cAs they promised, they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. \u201cEvery Law in the book is being violated by them.\u201d
Iranian officials have reacted to the failed U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan with confidence that Iran has the upper hand in the conflict and will continue to restrict passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
In the 40 days of war, the U.S. has “learned that the victorious side is determined by the will of nations and superiority on the battlefield, not by rhetoric on social media,” said Deputy Parliament Speaker\u00a0Ali Nikzad, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“In the coming days, they will also learn that diplomacy is an arena of respect, interaction and acceptance of realities, not dictating wishes,\u201d he said.
An Iranian lawmaker who was part of the negotiating team in Pakistan, Mahmoud Nabavian, said leaders around the world should know that “the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened.”
“The world will experience a new form of management in the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.
A second flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set sail on Sunday from \u2060the Spanish port of Barcelona to try to break the Israeli blockade.
About 30 boats planned to leave the Mediterranean port city laden with medical aid and other supplies on the Global Sumud Flotilla, and more vessels are expected to join \u2060along the route towards Palestine.
The Israeli military \u200bhalted \u2060the roughly 40 boats assembled by the same organisation last October as they attempted to reach blockaded Gaza, arresting Swedish activist \u2060Greta Thunberg and more than 450 other participants.
Israel, which \u200bcontrols \u2060all access to the Gaza \u200cStrip, denies withholding supplies for its more than 2 million residents. Yet Palestinians and international aid bodies say supplies reaching the territory are still insufficient, \u200cdespite a ceasefire reached in October which included \u200cguarantees of increased aid.
Liam Cunningham, an actor who starred in the Game of Thrones television series who is supporting the flotilla but not taking part, told Reuters: \u201cEvery kilogram of \u2060aid that is on these ships is a failure because all these people on these ships giving up their time to help their fellow human beings are doing what their governments are legally obliged to do.\u201d
The World Health Organization has said that even during armed conflicts, states are obligated under international humanitarian law to ensure that people are able to reach \u200cmedical care in safety.
\u201cThis is a mission that aims to open \u200ba humanitarian corridor so the aid delivery organisations can arrive,\u201d \u200cSaif Abukeshak, a Palestinian activist and \u2060member of the flotilla\u2019s organising committee, told Reuters.
Swiss and Spanish activists \u2060on last year\u2019s flotilla said they were subjected to inhumane conditions during their detention by Israeli \u200cforces \u2014 an allegation \u200bthat was rejected by an Israeli foreign \u200cministry spokesperson.
The U.S. failed to gain Iran’s trust during negotiations in Islamabad, Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led the delegation in Pakistan, said today.
“Before the negotiations, I emphasized that we have goodwill and the necessary will, but due to the experiences of the previous two wars, we have no trust in the other side,” he said in a post on X.
He said his colleagues presented “forward-moving initiatives,” but the U.S. “was not able, in this round of negotiations to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation.”
Referring to the war, he added that Iran will not cease for a moment our efforts to consolidate the achievements of forty days of the Iranian nation\u2019s national defense.”
Differences over the Iran war have “undoubtedly strained things with the Trump administration,” and Britain made the “right decision” in not joining the conflict, one of Keir Starmer’s top officials has said.
In an interview this morning with Sky News, NBC News’ international broadcasting partner, U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was disappointed by the failure of peace talks and criticized Trump personally.
He said the U.S. President has said “incendiary, provocative, outrageous things” on social media\u00a0and he is “not sure it’s ever clear” what the President means in some of his posts. Trump has repeatedly criticized Britain and other European countries for staying out of the war.
\u201cI think we\u2019ve all come to learn that you judge President Trump through what he does, not just what he says,” Streeting said. \u201cAnd ultimately, the only way in which we\u2019re going to clear this situation up is to reach agreement with Iran, one that puts nuclear weapons beyond its ambitions and reach.\u201d
Netanyahu has said he wants \u201ca real peace agreement that will last for generations\u201d with Lebanon.
The prime minister said his country is continuing to fight Hezbollah, and peace talks with Lebanon are dependent on the disarmament of the group.
Talks between the two nations are due to begin Tuesday<\/a>. The U.S. will mediate.
The spokesperson for Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said there was no expectation in Tehran of a deal, particularly amid the war.
\u201cThese talks were held after 40 days of imposed war, in an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion,\u201d Esmaeil Baghaei said in remarks to Iranian news outlet SNN. \u201cNaturally, we should not have expected an agreement in just one meeting and no one had such expectations.\u201d
Baghaei said common ground was found on a number of issues but that \u201con two, three key topics there were significant differences and, ultimately, the talks did not lead to an agreement.\u201d
Talks with the United States, which Baghaei described as the longest single negotiating session with the U.S. in the past year, included new topics like the Strait of Hormuz and regional issues.
\u201cUnder all circumstances, the diplomatic apparatus must pursue the rights and interests of the Iranian people,\u201d he said.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar urged the U.S. and Iran to continue their ceasefire despite peace talks in Islamabad concluding with no agreement to end the war.
In a post on X<\/a>, Dar characterized the lengthy negotiation session as both intense and constructive, saying the nations should maintain the talks\u2019 \u201cpositive spirit,\u201d move forward with the goal of region-wide \u201cpeace and prosperity\u201d and vow to continue to withhold attacks against each other.
\u201cIt is imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to ceasefire,\u201d he said.
As that takes place, he said, Pakistan will stand by.
\u201cPakistan has been and will continue to play its role to facilitate engagement and dialogue between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America in the days to come,\u201d Dar said.
Iran state media said \u201cexcessive demands\u201d sank the possibility of a U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war at this weekend\u2019s peace talks.
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said on Telegram<\/a> that the sides could not find common ground on a number of key matters, including the Strait of Hormuz and the country\u2019s development of nuclear technology, it said.
\u201cAfter 21 hours of talks and diplomatic efforts, the excessive demands by America prevented any agreement,\u201d it said.
After announcing that no agreement had been made, Vice President JD Vance boarded Air Force 2 in Islamabad ahead of his departure from host country Pakistan.
Vance said that the U.S. delegation left negotiations with the Iranian delegation with an \u201cunderstanding that is our final and best offer.\u201d
\u201cWe were negotiating in good faith,\u201d Vance said. \u201cAnd we leave here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding that is our final and best offer. We\u2019ll see if the Iranians accept it.\u201d
The vice president said that he and the U.S. delegation were in \u201cconstant communication\u201d with Trump throughout the 21 hours of peace talks. Vance told reporters that the president urged him to have \u201cgood faith\u201d and \u201cmake your best effort to get a deal.\u201d
\u201cWe did that, and unfortunately, we weren\u2019t able to make any headway,\u201d Vance said.
NBC News<\/p>\n

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