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Posted on 04/15/2026 10:25:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mediators moved closer Wednesday to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. A senior Iranian military official threatened to halt trade in the region if the U.S. does not lift its naval blockade, underscoring tensions that are overshadowing the diplomacy.
The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and renewed Iranian threats have imperiled the week-old agreement, but regional officials said Wednesday they were making progress, telling The Associated Press that the United States and Iran had given an “in principle agreement” to extend it to allow for more diplomacy.
The commander of Iran’s joint military command warned Wednesday that Iran would completely block exports and imports across the Persian Gulf region, the Sea of Oman, and the Red Sea if the U.S. military does not lift its blockade on Iranian ports.
“Iran will act with strength to defend its national sovereignty and its interests,” said Ali Abdollahi, calling the blockade “a prelude to violating the ceasefire.” His comments were reported by Iranian state media.
Before the two-week ceasefire expires on April 22, mediators are pushing for a compromise on three main sticking points that derailed direct talks last weekend — Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and compensation for wartime damages — according to one of the regional officials who is involved in mediation efforts.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.
World leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that revived talks in the upcoming days were likely.
The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, more than 2,100 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have also been killed.
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The ONLY reason why Iran would want an extension is to rebuild that is the only reason why
How many times are we going to play this stupid game?
Oh, THEY are going to halt trade in the area. Can’t spell ‘delusional’ with out iranian military leaders. Lucky they can be trusted eh?
Oh, THEY are going to halt trade in the area. Can’t spell ‘delusional’ with out iranian military leaders. Lucky they can be trusted eh?
Oops! Double tap. Hmmmmmm. Thinking of that......
Not nearly enough apparently
Cue the Monty Python armless, legless knight skit.
What, again?
A ceasefire extension is not a win. Iran giving up its nuclear materials and giving us some type of concrete, verifiable assurances (if that is possible) that they won’t produce more uranium or fund overseas terror wars is a win.
Come on Donald, don’t allow the Iranian bastards to keep stalling. All this does is endanger our troops as the N. Koreans, China and Russia smuggle arms to them.
Come on Donald, don’t allow the Iranian bastards to keep stalling. All this does is endanger our troops as the N. Koreans, China and Russia smuggle arms to them.
Come on Donald, don’t allow the Iranian bastards to keep stalling. All this does is endanger our troops as the N. Koreans, China and Russia smuggle arms to them.
Come on Donald, don’t allow the Iranian bastards to keep stalling. All this does is endanger our troops as the N. Koreans, China and Russia smuggle arms to them.
Anything signed by Iran is meaningless. Tell me one time since 1977 that they have honored an agreement that they didn’t support in principle, like a cease fire.
This better just be going through the motions just so we can say “We Tried.”
In less than two weeks they run out of storage capacity for their oil. If they cap the wells and stop pumping it could be years before they can get going again.
China has already agreed to NOT ship them any new weapons.
Meaning China needs US more than China needs Iran.
Iran is on their own.
Yeah but China lies, its what they do, how can we make sure they dont send Iran anything
You have that backwards it’s the United States in Israel that need time to rebuild for one final push so that we can totally exhaust everything we have
Iran is not in the same situation. They have something like 10 to 15,000 more missiles and at least 40,000 drones and making more every day.
We are the ones out of interceptors, patriot missiles, tomahawks, and even conventional bombs.
Trump is going to roll the dice on one final bombing assault and then turn around and leave. That’s all he has left.
Guess you never heard of the Black Market.
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