Trump says blockade of Strait of Hormuz will “begin shortly”

In a second post on Truth Social, Donald Trump threatened to resume the conflict after peace talks failed yesterday, adding: ‘At an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran.’

Iran’s refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions resulted in a failure of negotiations, Trump said.

He said that talks between Iran and the US in Pakistan lasted throughout the night and that points had been agreed to, but he said ‘there is only one thing matters — IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS!’

Hours after the US-Iran talks in Islamabad failed, President Donald Trump has warned that US forces will immediately ‘begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz’.

The US President also said in his Truth Social post: ‘I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran.

‘No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits.

‘Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country.’

Keir Starmer has urged both Iran and the US to ‘find a way through’ following failed talks in Pakistan, Downing Street said.

In a conversation with the Sultan of Oman, Starmer said a continuation of the ceasefire is ‘vital’ and that ‘all parties avoided any further escalation’.

It comes after UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that it is ‘disappointing’ that initial talks to end the war in Iran had broken down without a deal.

Donald Trump has said ‘NATO now wants to help with the Strait of Hormuz’.

Speaking to Fox News, the US president said peace talks with Iran were ‘very friendly’ towards the end.

‘We’re going to be blockading the Strait of Hormuz, it’ll take a little while,’ he said, adding that ‘it won’t take long to clean out the strait’.

He claimed ‘numerous countries are going to be helping us’ with the strait, adding that the UK and other nations were sending minesweepers.

Israel’s war ​with Iran ‌incurred £9billion ​in budgetary expenses, ⁠with £5billion ​of that going to defence, ​the ​Finance Ministry said on ‌Sunday, ⁠citing a preliminary estimate.

The amount ​has ​already ⁠been added ​to the ​2026 ⁠budget, it said.

‘The EU remains convinced that diplomacy is key to resolve all outstanding issues,’ the 27-nation bloc’s foreign affairs spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said in a statement to AP on Sunday.

‘The European Union will contribute to all diplomatic efforts, taking into consideration its full range of interests and concerns, in coordination with partners.’

He commended Pakistan for its mediation efforts.

European countries were not consulted on the US-Israeli plans to attack Iran, and are struggling with surging energy prices and other consequences of the war.

Britain and France are leading talks toward a coalition that would secure the Strait of Hormuz, after active fighting is over.

The Pakistan government statement on Sunday came hours after US Vice President JD Vance left to return to Washington.

The Iranian delegation included Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi saw off the delegation at the airport amid tight security, the statement said.

Donald Trump has announced the US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran collapsed.

‘Iran Is Unwilling To Give Up Its Nuclear Ambitions,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social just before 9:00 AM Sunday.

Two US warships, the USS Franklin Petersen and the USS Michael Murphy, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.

Badr Al-Busaidi said the two nations must continue negotiations after their latest round in Islamabad failed to produce a deal.

‘I urge that the ceasefire be extended and talks continue,’ the foreign minister wrote in a social media post.

He called for both parties to ‘make painful concessions,’ saying that ‘this is nothing as compared to the pain of failure and war.’

The head of Abu Dhabi’s state oil company reinforced a broad consensus in Gulf Arab states on Sunday, saying Iran has no right to close the Strait of Hormuz after negotiations in Pakistan failed to secure an agreement to reopen it.

Sultan Al Jaber posted on X that ‘any attempt to do so is not a regional issue; it is the disruption of a global economic lifeline and a direct threat to the energy, food, and health security of every nation.’

He called it a dangerous precedent.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, known as ADNOC, is among the oil exporters that have been hit hard by the war.

It declared force majeure in March, telling buyers the company couldn’t fulfill its obligations.

Oil and gas make up 15 per cent of the United Arab Emirates’ gross domestic product.