President Donald Trump, alongside CIA Director John Ratcliffe, U.S. Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Dan Caine, speaks in regards to the battle in Iran on April 6, 2026, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump on Friday mentioned that the USA and Iran have agreed to proceed peace talks, though the ceasefire established by final month’s preliminary deal has been scrapped.
Trump, in a Fact Social publish, claimed that the Islamic Republic “has requested us to proceed ‘talks'” and that “we now have agreed to take action.”
“However the USA has said to them, in no unsure phrases, that the Stop Fireplace is OVER!” Trump wrote.
Iran’s state media channels didn’t instantly affirm or deny that it had requested to proceed talks.
Trump’s publish confirmed a report by MS NOW, citing a U.S. official, that the warring powers will interact in “technical talks” and stay dedicated to discovering options regardless of a return to hostilities.
Trump, earlier this week on the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, mentioned that the ceasefire with Iran was “over” after Iran’s reported assaults Tuesday on business ships close to the Strait of Hormuz sparked a brand new spherical of preventing.
“I do not wish to take care of [Iran] anymore,” Trump mentioned on the summit.
On his means again from the summit, Trump mentioned that Iran had referred to as to make a deal to stop the escalating hostilities within the Center East.
“They referred to as a short time in the past. They wish to make a deal so badly,” he mentioned at the moment. “I simply do not know in the event that they’re worthy of creating a deal. I do not know that they are going to honor the deal. That is the issue.”
Iranian officers have accused the U.S. of not honoring the preliminary deal. Iran cited violation of “Iranian changes” within the Strait of Hormuz, “persistent threats of additional strikes” and the reinstatement of oil sanctions by the USA.
The U.S. navy carried out renewed rounds of offensive strikes in opposition to Iran in retaliation for 3 business vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz coming underneath assault. The U.S. Treasury Division subsequently withdrew a waiver that had allowed Iran to promote its oil.
Oil costs had been marginally decrease on Friday in Asia buying and selling, with international benchmark Brent crude futures for September supply easing to $76.30 per barrel whereas U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures had been at $71.87.
