- US President Donald Trump said an extension of the fragile two-week ceasefire with Iran is “highly unlikely” as peace talks in Pakistan hang in the balance.
- Iran has yet to commit to further negotiations in Islamabad, saying it won’t attend unless the US lifts its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. There was also confusion over whether US Vice President JD Vance was on his way to the talks as the ceasefire is set to expire Wednesday evening Washington time.
- Trump told Bloomberg that he did not think it would be extended, nor would he be rushed into “making a bad deal.” He added in a Truth Social post Monday, “I’m winning a war, BY A LOT, things are going very well, our military has been amazing.”
- He continued, “They realize their Navy has been completely wiped out, their Air Force has gone onto darker runways, they have no Anti Missile or Anti Airplane Equipment, their former leaders are mostly gone (This has been, in addition to everything else, Regime Change!), and perhaps, most important of all, THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a ‘DEAL,’ is absolutely destroying Iran.”
- Trump said in a follow-up post, “This is being perfectly executed, on the scale of Venezuela, just a bigger, more complex operation. The result will be the same.”
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