Hours before the US-Iran ceasefire was to end, US President Donald Trump said he is extending the truce until Tehran has submitted a proposal to end the war.
The US military said on Tuesday it had seized a tanker linked to Iran in international waters, its latest apparent action to enforce a blockade, with time running out on a ceasefire and the prospect of last-ditch further peace talks still up in the air, reported Reuters.
Momentum is building toward US-Iran peace talks over the weekend following a possible agreement over Tehran’s nuclear programme and the ceasefire in Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which he said would begin at 5 pm EST (10 pm GMT).
Fresh diplomatic signals from Tehran and Washington have raised cautious optimism about a potential deal to de-escalate tensions around the Strait of Hormuz and end the war.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that the US Navy would immediately begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating tensions after marathon talks with Iran collapsed without a deal to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire hanging in the balance.
Iran continued its near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz despite US President Donald trump saying Tehran must allow oil to go through the waterway.
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at allies for not getting further involved in the Iran war, telling them to go to the Strait of Hormuz to take their own fuel and securing the strait is "not for us."
President Donald Trump says the US will "leave" Iran in "two to three weeks" when it is certain the regime cannot build a nuclear weapon "for years" and whether there is a deal with Tehran or not.
US President Donald Trump has rejected any negotiations with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.
