LIVE US-Iran war live updates: China defies US with risky move in face of blockade China has appeared to defy the US with one of it’s sanctioned tankers sailing through the strait. While JD Vance has taken a pot shot at the pope. Follow live. Welcome to our live coverage of the US and Israel’s war with Iran. Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz appears to be potentially leaky with a sanctioned Chinese vessel passing through the waterway on Tuesday, local time. The Rich Starry vessel, carrying 250,000 barrels of crude oil left the United Arab Emirates and exited the strait amid warnings from China that any blockade was “dangerous and irresponsible”. Four ships linked to Iran have now appeared to have passed through the strait despite the blockade. The US has said it will “not impede” ships going to and from non-Iranian ports. Indeed, cracks are beginning to show among US allies in the Middle East. According to Arab officials, Saudi Arabia is pressing the United States to drop the blockade and return to negotiations, fearing it could trigger another broader escalation. Meanwhile, the reverberations from Donald Trump’s scathing criticism of Pope Leo, due to the pontiff’s call for peace, continue. JD Vance, himself a catholic, told the Pope to not meddle in American affairs. “In some cases it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality,” the US vice president said. Read on for more updates. Read related topics:China
LIVE US-Iran war live updates: China defies US with risky move in face of blockade China has appeared to defy the US with one of it’s sanctioned tankers sailing through the strait. While JD Vance has taken a pot shot at the pope. Follow live. Welcome to our live coverage of the U…
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.