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United States President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. forces will immediately begin “the process of blockading any Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” hours after U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad ended without agreement.
“At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran,” he added.
“No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," he wrote.
Trump also said efforts to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz would begin, warning that "Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be Blown to hell!"
“Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their 'Leaders,' are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition,” he said.
“They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully ‘locked and loaded,’ and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!”
Trump said the marathon negotiations in Pakistan had gone “well” and that “most points were agreed to,” but claimed Tehran refused to compromise on its nuclear program.
Iranian and U.S. delegations concluded 21 hours of talks in Islamabad early Sunday without reaching an agreement.
The Pakistan-mediated negotiations ended after multiple rounds of discussions and exchanges of proposals failed to produce a breakthrough.
Both sides left Islamabad with key differences unresolved, signaling that further diplomatic efforts would be needed.
Since the outbreak of the war, Iran has restricted ship movements through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic transit route for global oil and gas shipments.
The talks were part of broader efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has killed over 3,300 people since Feb. 28, before a fragile two-week ceasefire was brokered earlier this week.
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