Ceasefire between Iran and US set to expire Wednesday

Iran vows retaliation, calls US action ‘armed piracy’ 

Ambassador Kazem Jalali said the US and Israeli attacks on Iran had failed as their declared intention had been to enact regime change and yet the Islamic Republic was more united than before.

Fresh tensions mount as Iran vows response, skips new negotiations

The ongoing US blockade of Iranian ports has been a significant sticking point, an issue further complicated by an American destroyer on Sunday firing on and seizing an Iranian ship that tried to evade it

US Marines have custody of the Iranian vessel, he says

Shahbaz Sharif reaffirmed their commitment as a facilitator of peace and regional stability

'NO MORE MR NICE GUY' if Iran doesn't accept the deal, says Trump

US President Donald Trump yesterday said he was sending negotiators to Pakistan today for talks with Iran just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East expires, though Tehran has reportedly yet to decide whether it will participate.

There is currently no decision by Iran to send a negotiating delegation to Pakistan "as long as there is a naval blockade," Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing its reporter.

Iran and the United States, along with Israel, are three days away from the end of a two-week ceasefire

Talks expected to begin tomorrow

As mediation efforts continued following high-level talks in Pakistan that failed to reach a deal, Iran said it will not allow the crucial maritime trade chokepoint to re-open until the United States ends a blockade of Iranian ports

Iran has taken a beating militarily, but demonstrated it can exact economic costs that Trump and his aides underestimated, unleashing the worst-ever global energy shock, analysts say.

"If we accepted the ceasefire, it was because they accepted our demands," he said

Two-week ceasefire set to end on Wednesday

Neither side offered any specifics about the ‌state of negotiations

Iran’s military declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again yesterday, prompting ships to abandon attempts to transit the waterway and President Donald Trump to warn Tehran against trying to “blackmail” the United States.

Iran warns negotiators will make no compromise, pledges to defend national interests with full strength

Two Indian-flagged vessels reportedly forced back as Tehran reverses reopening pledge