Overview
- CENTCOM said the U.S. Navy will start a full blockade at 10 a.m. ET Monday following Sunday’s 21-hour Islamabad talks that ended without a deal.
- Trump is weighing limited strikes in Iran in addition to the blockade to try to break the stalemate after saying earlier objectives of the “Epic Fury” campaign were met.
- Aides say he remains open to a diplomatic solution, but he has ordered the squeeze on Iran to begin with the waterway closure.
- On Fox News, Trump threatened to hit Iran’s water, desalination, and electric power plants if Tehran resists.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said JD Vance briefed him after the talks and warned the two-week ceasefire could flip to war, adding that Iran kept key Hormuz access closed and refused to halt uranium enrichment.