Trump threatens Hormuz blockade after peace talks collapse.
The U.S. “failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation” in the failed peace talks in Pakistan, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday.
In a statement on X, Ghalibaf said that his country had gone into the talks “with the necessary good faith and will” and had proposed “forward-looking initiatives.” But he added that “due to the experiences of the two previous wars, we have no trust in the opposing side.”
“The opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations,” Ghalibaf said.
Marathon talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad hit a dead-end late Saturday, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance saying Iran had “chosen not to accept our terms.”
Vance said U.S. negotiators had sought confirmation that Iran would not seek a nuclear weapon. President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran was “very unyielding” to this “single most important issue.”
In a separate post, Trump said that the U.S. would shortly “begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” threatening that “any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!”
Trump played down the importance of the ceasefire negotiations on Saturday, claiming that reaching a peace deal “makes no difference.” Speaking to reporters outside the White House, the president claimed military victory against Iran and said of the talks in Pakistan: “We win regardless.”