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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran had violated the ceasefire agreement with the U.S. by attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and he repeated threats to attack Iranian energy infrastructure unless it accepts a deal to end the war.
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\u201cIran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement!\u201d he posted on Truth Social. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t nice, was it?\u201d
\u201cWe\u2019re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don\u2019t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,\u201d he continued. \u201cNO MORE MR. NICE GUY!\u201d
His comments came as faltering diplomacy between the two sides saw Iran reimpose an effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, citing a continued U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports<\/a>, just one day after declaring the waterway \u201ccompletely open\u201d under the current ceasefire.
Trump said that Iran had targeted vessels from France and the United Kingdom, without providing further details. Maritime authorities on Saturday reported gunfire and a projectile strike involving Indian vessels<\/a> in the strait. Iranian state media has confirmed that shots were fired near the two Indian ships to force them to turn back.
Iran\u2019s semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported two more tankers, sailing under the flags of Botswana and Angola, were forced to turn back by Iran\u2019s forces on Sunday.
Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned vessels against trying to cross the strait, which it said would be considered \u201ccooperation with the enemy,\u201d adding that \u201cany violating vessels would be targeted.\u201d
Two senior administration officials told NBC News Sunday that Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Islamabad, Pakistan to continue negotiations with Iran.
Trump had said negotiators would arrive on Monday evening in Islamabad, which last weekend hosted direct talks between the two sides, with the current two-week ceasefire set to end on Wednesday.
However, Iranian officials have pushed back on the prospect of new talks. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency denied reports of a second round of negotiations in Islamabad, saying there is “no clear prospect” for talks under current conditions. It cited what it described as excessive U.S. demands, shifting positions and the continued naval blockade, which Iran views as a violation of the ceasefire.
U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” of the planned talks: “We’ll see what the Iranians decide to do. They can choose to be a responsible member of the international community, or they can continue to be a rogue regime that masters its own people and seeks to hold the world hostage with a nuclear weapon.”
“Everything\u2019s on the table,” he said, suggesting that mixed messaging from Iran on the status of the strait was an indication of “real confusion on the Iranians\u2019 part” and “discord within their ranks.”
Iranian officials said Saturday that new U.S. proposals were under review. Iran\u2019s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Saturday that <\/a>progress has been made toward a peace deal, with some issues \u201cconcluded,\u201d but he warned Iran still has a \u201ccomplete distrust\u201d of the U.S. negotiators.
Speaking on state TV on Saturday night, Ghalibaf, who also serves as Iran\u2019s chief negotiator, said officials had \u201cstated our demands firmly,\u201d adding: \u201cSome issues in the negotiations have been concluded, while others have not. There is still a distance to a final agreement.\u201d
\u201cThere must be a guarantee that this cycle of war, ceasefire and negotiation will not be repeated,\u201d he said.
Ghalibaf said the strait had been closed because the U.S. was only \u201cpartially implementing the ceasefire,\u201d adding that it will remain closed if the \u201cnaval blockade against us continues.\u201d
\u201cIf the ceasefire is not implemented, we will not continue negotiations, and we will start the war,\u201d he said.
Trump convened a Cabinet meeting in the situation room Saturday morning to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and the situation in Iran, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the meeting.
He had earlier said that his administration was currently talking to Iran and that talks were going \u201cvery well.\u201d
But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that Trump was seeking to deny Iran its \u201cnuclear rights\u201d and that Iran was trying to end the war \u201cwith full dignity.\u201d
\u201cIf a human being does not defend himself, he is dead,\u201d he said. \u201cThey attacked us, and we defended.\u201d
The Trump administration said its blockade of Iranian ports remains in force, with more than 20 ships turned back since Monday.
Following a summit of 51 countries that was co-chaired by France and the U.K. on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer \u201ccalled for the unconditional, unrestricted, and immediate re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d
They also announced a joint neutral mission to provide reassurance to merchant vessels in the region.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
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