The US military said it will begin a blockade of all maritime \u200btraffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday after weekend talks failed to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, jeopardising a \u200cfragile two-week ceasefire. The talks in Islamabad, which ran from Saturday into early Sunday, were the first direct US-Iranian meeting in more than a decade and the highest-level discussions since Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution. The negotiations came days after a ceasefire began on Tuesday, aimed at ending six weeks of fighting that has killed thousands of people across the Gulf, throttled vital supplies of energy and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. The US Central \u200bCommand said on Sunday that the US blockade, starting at 10am ET, would be \u201cenforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal \u200bareas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.\u201d Vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports will \u2060not be impeded, the US military said. Additional information would be provided to commercial mariners through a formal notice prior to the start of the blockade, it said. President Donald Trump on \u200bSunday also said US forces would intercept every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. \u201cNo one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high \u200bseas,\u201d Trump wrote on social media, adding: \u201cAny Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!\u201d He added that the US navy will begin destroying mines that the Iranians had dropped in the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for about 20% of global energy supplies. While shipping data showed three supertankers fully laden with oil passed through the Strait on Saturday, tankers were steering clear of the waterway on Monday, ahead \u200bof the US blockade. Iran says \u2018zero lesson learned\u2019 After Trump\u2019s initial remarks on Sunday, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards warned that military vessels approaching the strait will be considered a ceasefire breach and dealt with \u200bharshly and decisively, underlining the risk of a dangerous escalation. A US official said Iran rejected Washington\u2019s call for an end to all uranium enrichment, the dismantling of all major enrichment facilities and the transfer of \u200chighly enriched \u2060uranium. Iran also refused US demands that Iran cease funding for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, as well as fully open the Strait of Hormuz, the official added. Iranian media said there was agreement on a number of issues, but the Strait of Hormuz and Iran\u2019s nuclear programme were the main sticking points. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran had \u201cencountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade\u201d when just inches away from an \u201cIslamabad MoU.\u201d \u201cZero lessons learned,\u201d he added. \u201cGood will begets good will. Enmity begets enmity.\u201d Six weeks of fighting has killed thousands, roiled the global economy and sent oil prices soaring as Iran has prevented traffic through \u200bthe Strait. The US dollar and oil rose in \u200bearly trading on Monday after the failure \u2060of the talks, while stocks in Asia eased. Trump told Fox News\u2019 Sunday Briefing programme that oil and gasoline prices may remain high through November\u2019s midterm elections, a rare acknowledgement of the potential political fallout from the war. Iran\u2019s Qalibaf posted a map of Washington-area gasoline prices on social media with the \u200bcomment: \u201cEnjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called \u2018blockade\u2019. Soon you\u2019ll be nostalgic for $4\u2013$5 gas.\u201d More negotiations? Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he believed \u200bIran would continue to negotiate \u2060and called the Islamabad discussions \u201cvery friendly.\u201d \u201cI do believe they\u2019re going to come to the table on this, because nobody can be so stupid as to say, \u2018We want nuclear weapons,\u2019 and they have no cards,\u201d he said. But several hours later, the US president said he did not care whether a \u201cdesperate\u201d Iran returned to the negotiating table. \u201cIf they don\u2019t come back, I\u2019m fine,\u201d Trump told journalists on Sunday night after \u2060he returned \u200bto the Washington area from an overnight stay in Florida. Qalibaf blamed the US for not winning Tehran\u2019s trust, despite \u200bhis team offering forward-looking initiatives. Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian, who discussed the talks in a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Tehran wanted \u201ca balanced and fair agreement.\u201d \u201cIf the United States returns to the framework of international law, reaching an \u200bagreement is not far off,\u201d he told Putin, Iranian state media reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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