US Iran War Ceasefire Talks Highlights: Iran open to peace deal, says President Pezeshkian in call with Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions

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According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, Iran president Pezeshkian blamed Washington for the breakdown in talks.

He said US “double standards” and a “totalitarian approach” remain the key obstacles to reaching a fair agreement between Tehran and Washington. (ABC News)

The Kremlin said Putin offered to play a mediating role in resolving the crisis.

“Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to continue to facilitate the search for a political and diplomatic settlement to the conflict and to mediate efforts to establish a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” the Kremlin said in its readout, as per ABC News.

Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Sunday with Masoud Pezeshkian following the collapse of US-Iran negotiations, with the Kremlin confirming the outreach. The talks, which lasted nearly 20 hours in Pakistan, failed to produce a breakthrough to end the ongoing conflict.

Iran president Masoud Pezeshkian tells Vladimir Putin Iran is ready for a deal ensuring “lasting regional peace”, stresses Iran’s national interests are a “red line”

Comments conveyed via Iranian state media readout of the call

-Criticises US use of bases in Gulf countries to launch strikes on Iran, calls Gulf nations “brothers,” signals willingness for regional cooperation

Donald Trump says 50% tariff threat targets countries supplying weapons to Iran

-Indicates China is the primary focus of the warning

-Claims reports of China supplying anti-aircraft “shoulder missiles” to Iran

-Downplays likelihood of major Chinese military support

“I doubt they would do that… but maybe they did a little bit at the beginning,” Trump says

-Warns of steep economic consequences if support is confirmed

“If we catch them doing that, they get a 50% tariff,” he adds

Comments made during interview on Fox News

Donald Trump says Iran cannot control which ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, declares policy: “all or none” — either all ships get safe passage or none.

-Accuses Iran of selectively allowing friendly nations’ ships

-Says US will not allow Iran to profit from oil sales to preferred countries

“We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like,” Trump says

-Compares planned Hormuz blockade to earlier US action against Venezuela

Donald Trump says “numerous countries” will assist in operations in the Strait of Hormuz. He says

United Kingdom among allies sending minesweepers to remove suspected naval mines in the waterway.

“We have minesweepers there. Now we have highly sophisticated underwater minesweepers, which are the latest and the greatest, but we’re also bringing in more traditional minesweepers,” Trump told Fox News.

“And so I understand is the UK and a couple of other countries are sending mine sweepers,” he added.

The President also stood by his recent provocative rhetoric, including a threat made last week that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

He argued that such hardline messaging was the primary catalyst for the recent diplomatic engagement.

“When I say about a civilization, it really has changed. It really has. But think of it. They're allowed to say, 'Death to America. Death to this,'” Trump told Fox News.

“And I make one statement. They say, 'Oh, such a big deal.' That statement got them to the bargaining table, and they haven't left it.”

After threatening Iran left, right and center, Donald Trump has said with confidence that Tehran would eventually concede to American demands, and that he could take out Iran in one day.

Speaking to Fox News, Trump said, “I predict they come back and they give us everything we want.”

“I want everything... They have no cards.”

“I don’t understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it. I don’t get the connection there,” Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, told CNN on Sunday.

Warner, the vice chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, stated he didn’t see “how blockading the strait gets it open suddenly, I don’t get that logic"

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps on Sunday claimed that Iranian forces have complete control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, warning that any misstep by “adversaries” could draw them into a “deadly vortex", as per AFP.

"All traffic... is under the full control of the armed forces," the Guards naval command stated in a Persian language post on X following President Donald Trump order of a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

"The enemy will become trapped in a deadly vortex in the Strait if it makes the wrong move," it mentioned.

According to Reuters, Trump stated, “The price of oil and gas could be lower before the midterm elections, or maybe a little higher.”

According to Reuters, after talks collapsed in Pakistan, Trump said, “Comment about 50% tariff on nations supplying arms to Iran includes China.”

Just an hour after threatening to “finish up” Iran, Trump now says that negotiation talks with Tehran were “very friendly” towardsthe end of the talks.

In another post on Truth of Social, Donald Trump alleged that Iran had promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, but “knowingly failed” to do so.

He said, “IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS! In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people.”

“…they were very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”

Israel's Finance Ministry cited a preliminary estimate on Sunday and informed that the war on Iran incurred 35 billion shekels or $11.52 billion or INR 10,72,40,25,60,000 in budgetary expenses.

After the collapse of the negotiation talks, Donald Trump has also announced that the United States Navy will start ‘blockading’ Strait of Hormuz.

“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.

As talks between the American and Iranian delegations failed to reach a breakthrough even after 21 hours, Trump took to his social media and threatened that US is ready to “finish up” Iran at appropriate moment.

He said, “So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not."

Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz."

“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 by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them.”

"….at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!”

As the talks between the United States and Iran collapsed after 21 hours of negotiation, experts expect a volatile Monday for the Indian stock market.

According to Ponmudi R, CEO of Enrich Money, the overall sentiment is “balanced but cautious”.

"A renewed escalation in tensions or a sharp rebound in oil prices could reintroduce downside risks. Conversely, continued moderation in crude prices, alongside supportive global cues, may prompt short-covering and lend near-term support to markets," Ponmudi R said.

VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments Limited, said that FPI selling has continued in April, with total outflows reaching ₹1,90,046 crore. The energy crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict, potential impact on the Indian economy.

(ANI)