US extends ceasefire with Iran

[VOVWORLD] - 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.

[VOVWORLD] - Iran has not yet made any decision regarding participation in a new round of negotiations with the United States, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Monday.

[VOVWORLD] - Iran’s Supreme National Security Council is reviewing new US proposals for a potential peace deal, state television reported Saturday, while affirming that Tehran’s negotiators will make no concessions to Washington.

[VOVWORLD] - The UK and France will lead a multinational mission to protect commercial shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said, after attending a meeting in Paris with 51 countries regarding the situation in the critical waterway, according to media reports.

[VOVWORLD] - Iran temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday following a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, raising optimism about peace talks, but Tehran warned that it ​could close the crucial waterway again if the recent US Navy blockade of Iranian ports continued.

[VOVWORLD] - The Iranian parliament is working on a bill that introduces a transit fee for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important routes for global trade.