Main developments
Donald Trump said the US would launch a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after Washington and Tehran failed to reach an agreement during talks in Islamabad.
Iran failed to give an “affirmative commitment” that it would refrain from seeking a nuclear weapon, US vice-president JD Vance said.
Trump’s threats to mount a blockade of the strait will have no effect on Iran, the Islamic republic’s officials said.
Analysts warned the breakdown of talks and Trump’s naval blockade plan would push up oil prices.
The UK would not be involved in a blockade, according to people familiar with the matter, after Trump said Nato members “want to help with the strait”.
Earlier Iran’s top negotiator said it was up to Washington to earn Tehran’s trust.
The direct talks were the first between the two enemy states, which have never had diplomatic relations, in more than four decades.
Israel launched fresh strikes on Lebanon.
Iran dismisses Trump’s threat to block Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump’s threats to mount a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will have no effect on Iran, the country’s officials said.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Iran’s negotiating delegation in Pakistan, said Iran “will not surrender to threats”, adding that the US president’s warnings have “no effect on the Iranian people”, in comments reported in state media.
Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary Speaker, reiterated that the “only exit window” for the US is to “gain the trust of the Iranian nation”.
Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, said on X that if the US “abandons its totalitarianism and respects the rights of the Iranian people, ways would definitely be found to reach an agreement”.
Unifil says Israeli forces rammed its vehicles in Lebanon
Israeli forces rammed UN peacekeeping vehicles in southern Lebanon with a Merkava tank on two occasions on Sunday, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon said.
Israeli “warning shots” had hit and damaged clearly identifiable Unifil vehicles this week, including one shot that landed a metre away from a peacekeeper, according to Unifil.
Unifil also said that IDF soldiers had “continually blocked peacekeepers’ movements” in recent days as well as destroying force protection cameras and spray-painting over a gate window, blocking visibility.