Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of ship | US-Israel war on Iran
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Just to summarize the latest situation peace talks News about whether Iran will join the talks in Pakistan.
State broadcaster IRIB quoted Iranian sources on Sunday as saying there were “currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talks.”.
Far And My Tasnim news agencies He had previously quoted unnamed sources as saying that “the general atmosphere cannot be considered very positive” and added that the lifting of the US blockade was a prerequisite for the negotiations.
President Donald Trump He ordered US negotiators to travel to Pakistan on Monday, just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East is due to end.
Summary
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
The shaky two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran came under further pressure Monday morning after the United States said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship trying to breach the blockade and Iran vowed to retaliate.
Efforts to build a more lasting peace in the region appear to be on equally uncertain ground, with Iranian state media saying Tehran will not participate in a second round of talks that the United States hopes to launch before the ceasefire ends this week.
Trump had previously warned Iran that the United States would destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if it rejected Tehran’s terms, and such threats continued throughout the war.
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Iran reportedly refused to participate in second round of peace talks with the US in PakistanIt cited “Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant changes of stance, repeated contradictions and the ongoing naval blockade, which it regards as a violation of the ceasefire,” according to the official IRNA news agency.
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Hours before Iran’s announcement, Trump said his negotiators would arrive in Islamabad on Monday evening. A White House official said the delegation will be led by vice president JD Vance and will also include Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Donald Trump said in a post on Sunday that US sailors detained a ship He added that US forces, trying to overcome the American blockade of Iranian ports, stopped the ship by opening a hole in the engine room.
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US military confirms US destroyer fired “several shots” at an Iranian-flagged ship was trying to break through the naval blockade. In a statement released Sunday, U.S. Central Command said the USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian-flagged ship Touska as it headed toward an Iranian port “in violation of the U.S. blockade.”
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US blockade of Iranian ports is a violation of the ceasefire agreement This was “both illegal and criminal,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Sunday.
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Oil prices rose, the U.S. dollar rose and stock futures fell on Monday as investors grappled with conflicting messages about the Iran war and news of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.. In early Asian trading, Brent crude futures rose about 7% to $96.85 per barrel and S+P 500 futures were down about 0.9%. The euro fell 0.3% to $1.1735, while the yen fell nearly 0.2% to 158.95 per dollar.
