US EditionTrump says Iran war is 'very close to being over' as peace talks are expected to resume
Trump said Tehran wants a deal as U.S. and Iranian officials weigh a second round of negotiations after the first talks ended without agreement.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump revealed he wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping asking him to stop arming Iran; Xi responded in a letter that China is not supplying weapons to Tehran ahead of their May summit.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards continue to block the Strait of Hormuz, constraining about 20% of global oil shipments, as traffic through the waterway has dropped to a fraction of the 130 daily crossings seen before the conflict began.
- The U.S. military enacted a blockade on shipping leaving Iranian ports after ceasefire talks failed last weekend, completely halting sea trade; Trump previously threatened a 50% tariff on any country found supplying weapons to the Iranian government.
- Publicly addressing the conflict, Xi told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that "the international order is crumbling into disarray" while urging restraint, though Beijing maintains it does not ship arms to Tehran.
- Despite these geopolitical strains, mid-May plans for a high-profile summit between Trump and Xi remain in place, as the U.S. president stated he does not expect the Iran conflict or oil market shifts to impact their meeting dynamics.
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Trump says Iran war ‘close to over’ | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
DUBAI/WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said the war he launched with Israel on Iran was close to over, as the army chief of mediator Pakistan arrived in Tehran to try to prevent a renewal of the conflict.
(London, Washington, Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondents Kim Ji-yeon and Park Sung-min, Reporter Oh Su-jin = U.S. President Donald Trump on the 15th (local time) regarding the end of the war with Iran...
Trump says Iran war 'very close to over' as truce talks advance
A second round of talks between Washington and Tehran could take place within days, according to Trump. Meanwhile, Israel continues to press ahead with its military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran responded to the US blockade that began on Monday by saying on Wednesday that it would not allow "any exports or imports to continue in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea."
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