Iran far from deal despite progress in US negotiations: Ghalibaf
Home Pezeshkian says Trump has no basis to deny Iran nuclear rights amid US-Iran tensions United States President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that US representatives would travel to Islamabad for the second round of talks with Iran aimed at addressing the Middle East crisis. “My representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — they will be there tomorrow evening, for negotiations,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Referring to recent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, he alleged that Iran had fired shots a day earlier, describing the action as a violation of the ceasefire agreement. He claimed that several of the shots were directed at a French vessel and a freighter from the United Kingdom. President Trump further said that Iran had announced the closure of the Strait, calling the move “strange” and asserting that a blockade had already rendered it closed. “They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 million a day. The United States loses nothing,” he said.
Published: April 19, 2026 3:25 pm
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