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Iran-US war latest: Tehran considers ‘pause’ to Strait of Hormuz shipments as Trump says talks could resume this week

Regime ‘trying to avoid escalation’ as negotiators reportedly aim to restart Islamabad talks

Iran is considering suspending its shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in a bid to get peace talks with the US back on track, which US president Donald Trump said could resume in the next two days, according to reports.
A source told Bloomberg the regime was trying to avoid escalation, with negotiating teams said to be urgently working to restart talks in Islamabad.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump told The New York Post that “something could be happening over the next two days” on future talks.

With just one week left of the agreed ceasefire, the United States has moved to blockade Iranian ports after a first round of diplomacy collapsed over the weekend without a breakthrough.

Iran has publicly called the US restriction on international shipping “piracy” and threatened that no port in the Gulf will be secure if Iranian ports are threatened.

Other sources told Bloomberg that limiting Iranian ships crossing the Strait for a few days is seen as a possible lever for Tehran to prevent an incident that could undermine talks.

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