CONFLICT & WAR
Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade
Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, US President Donald Trump says, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports.
Officials from Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf also said negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week, although one senior Iranian source said no date had been set.
“You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump was quoted by the New York Post as saying.
Later at an event in Georgia on Tuesday, US time, Vice President JD Vance said Trump wanted to make a “grand bargain” with Iran but there was a lot of mistrust between the two countries.