2 min readUpdated: Apr 14, 2026 11:24 AM IST
Amid the US blockade of Iranian ports, Pakistan has proposed the second round of negotiations between US and Iran by Thursday, two Islamabad officials told news agency Associated Press.
After the US began the blockade, Trump said Iran would like to make a deal very badly adding that he was called this morning by appropriate people, seeking an agreement. US Vice President JD Vance, who accused Iran of engaging in an “act of economic terrorism” by blocking transit through the Strait of Hormuz said that the ball is now in Tehran’s court.
Following the US blockade, Iran retaliated with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Ceasefire talks between the US and Iran ended Sunday without an agreement, raising questions about what happens when the current two-week truce expires on April 22.
Warning against Iranian ships coming closer to the US blockade, in a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Iran’s Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated – 158 ships. What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, “fast attack ships,” because we did not consider them much of a threat.
Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea. It is quick and brutal. P.S. 98.2% of Drugs coming into the U.S. by Ocean or Sea have STOPPED! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.”
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