Middle East crisis live: US and Iran fail to reach a deal after marathon peace talks in Pakistan

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Trump shares article highlighting possibility of naval blockade

The US president, Donald Trump, has not yet formally commented on the breakdown of peace talks with Iran in Islamabad. But he just shared a link in a post on his Truth Social platform, to an article titled “The Trump card the president holds if Iran won’t bend: a naval blockade”.

It is disappointing that the Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran have ended without agreement.

The priority now must be to continue the ceasefire and return to negotiations. We continue to want to see a swift resolution to this conflict.

Any escalation in the conflict would impose an even greater human cost and further impact the global economy.