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.

Authorities on Sunday removed the barricades, shipping containers, and roadside checkpoints that had been in place since before the rare face-to-face talks.

The normally bustling city had taken on a near-curfew-like atmosphere after the government announced two holidays for security reasons.

Roads in the capital were largely deserted for days, and even ambulances were forced to take longer routes.

Defending his planned blockade, the US president said that Iran cannot control which ships go through the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that either every ship should have safe passage or none will.

‘We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like,’ Trump said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.

‘It’s going to be all or none, and that’s the way it is,’ the president said.

Donald Trump declared a ‘total and complete victory’ as the US agreed a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday, hours after he warned ‘a whole civilisation’ would die.

The President rowed back on threats to take the country in ‘one night’ and branded his bombing onslaught a resounding success from a ‘military standpoint and from every other standpoint’.

But six weeks after joint strikes by the US and Israel began raining down on Iran and killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the regime remains intact.

Iranian state TV has released a video claiming to show a US vessel being warned to leave the Strait of Hormuz.

The captions read: ‘The US Navy is currently circling around the Omani coast towards the port of Fujairah. I am the IRGC Navy, and I am warning you about the dangers of the US Navy.’

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.