Iran says it has no plans to negotiate with the US after the President Donald Trump threatened On Sunday that “the whole country will blow up” if Iran refuses to make a deal.
There are conflicting reports about what Trump later described as an attack on an Iranian ship. This development is breaking news. As the Times of India reported:
Tensions in the Gulf of Oman have escalated after US forces opened fire on an Iranian-flagged ship, with President Donald Trump claiming the ship was captured after warnings were ignored. Reports say the US Navy disabled the ship during an interception related to its ongoing blockade enforcement in the region.
Meanwhile, Iranian media say the IRGC forced US troops to leave Hormuz after the attack. The incident marks a major escalation at sea, raising fears of a wider confrontation as both sides continue to seek control over key shipping lanes. With the Strait of Hormuz already under pressure, global concerns about maritime security and energy supply are intensifying.
Trump earlier on Sunday claimed that Iranian officials were heading to Islamabad for another round of talks on Monday with the Vice President JD Vancehis son-in-law Jared Kushnerand Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
But the official Iranian news agency IRNA later reported claims that Iran was coming to negotiate were “untrue” and described the announcement as “a media game and part of the blame game to put pressure on Iran”.
The Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reiterated the government’s earlier stance that it will not negotiate unless Trump lifts the blockade of Iranian ports, which Tehran considers a violation of the ceasefire between the US and Iran.
After Trump said the blockade would continue, Iran again Concluded travel through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after a short Reopening On Friday after the announcement of the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.
IRNA added that the negotiators decided not to return due to Washington’s “excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant changes in attitude, repeated contradictions and the ongoing naval blockade”.
An unnamed Iranian official familiar with Tehran’s internal discussions said Remove site news on Sunday that Tehran is prepared for a long war.
He said negotiators would prefer to strike a deal with the US that would give Iran the right to enrich uranium. sanctions facilitating and creating a long-term framework of non-aggression.
But the official said Trump’s erratic behavior and maximalist demands — including on Iran submitted all of its enriched uranium—are making Iranian officials resent the idea that it could ever be a reliable negotiating partner.
“Our assessment is that Trump effectively lacks a coherent plan and the capacity to secure even an interim agreement,” the official said. “His decision-making appears to be based on Israeli political and security assessments that are relayed to him on a daily basis.”
Trump has expressed a desire to find a diversion from the war, which has caused economic subversion and further tanked his already gloomy approval rating.
But he also stood by Israel, as he has consistently done mined negotiations continuing it ATTACKS in Lebanon, including after a 10-day ceasefire that began on Friday. Iran has portrayed an end to these attacks as the key to a lasting ceasefire agreement with the US.
The official said that during the previous round of talks in Islamabad, which resulted in a two-week ceasefire earlier this month, Iran “made it clear” to Vance that “public threats” such as Trump’s released the erasure of all “Iranian civilization” would no longer be tolerated.
Even before Trump made more such threats on Sunday morning, Iran still had not agreed to another round of talks. The official said Iranian negotiators were still open to further discussions, but added that they “must be meaningful and their framework must be defined in advance.”
“The Islamabad negotiations gave President Trump a convenient opportunity to get out of the war,” the official added. “If (Trump) nevertheless chooses to continue the conflict, Iran will, for an extended period, suspend diplomatic channels and seek, within the context of the conflict, to impose much greater costs on United States interests.”
Mohammed Sani, a Tehran-based political analyst, told Drop Site News that Iran appears poised to inflict more pain on the US if Trump chooses violence.
“We see that the Americans have brought in more troops and equipment to prepare to attack, but the Iranians have also not rested during these two weeks of ceasefire,” he said. “They are preparing, repairing underground missile cities, bringing in new air defenses, missiles and drones. Iran is at a high level of readiness now. If there is another round of negotiations sometime later in the future, after another round of US attacks against Iran fail, the Iranian terms for peace will be much more difficult.”
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Government Affairs, said On Sunday, Trump’s apparent belief that he can use threats of massive violence to bully Iran into a favorable deal is pushing Tehran further away from the negotiating table.
“Due to poor discipline, Trump ends up prioritizing the optics of victory over reaching a deal,” Parsi said. “Instead of using de-escalation signals from Iran to move closer to a deal, he declares victory and seeks to humiliate Iran, thereby undermining his own diplomacy.”
