Overview
- With the two-week truce set to end Wednesday night in Washington, President Donald Trump warned of large strikes if Iran rejects a deal.
- Tehran says it has no plan to join talks in Pakistan unless the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
- Following Sunday’s U.S. seizure of the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman, Iran called the move armed piracy and vowed to retaliate.
- Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, with warning shots reported on a CMA CGM container ship Saturday and ship trackers showing near-zero passages Sunday.
- The White House is sending a delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance to Islamabad for possible talks as oil prices jumped Monday and China’s Xi Jinping urged the strait to stay open.