Top updates: Trump says Iran ceasefire may end if no deal reached
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United States President Donald Trump said that he may not extend the tentative ceasefire with Iran if negotiations fail to produce an agreement by Wednesday, CNN reported.
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Trump also said that Washington would obtain Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium one way or another, cautioning that the transfer could come “in a much more unfriendly form” if negotiations fail.
Earlier, the president said that Tehran has “agreed to everything” in talks with Washington, including working together to remove enriched uranium from Iran and take it to the US, according to CNN.
Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:
- Iran on Saturday threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz once more if the US continued its blockade of Iranian ports, AFP reported. This came hours after Tehran reopened the key waterway for all commercial vessels in the wake of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that began on Friday. Trump on Friday said that the US’ naval blockade of Iran will remain in force till a deal is reached with Tehran.
- On Saturday, Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on social media said: “With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not remain open.” He added that passage through the waterway would require authorisation from Iran.
- Trump’s administration on Friday...