Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of ship
Donald Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian ports Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefire Just to recap the latest peace talks news, and whether or not Iran will attend negotiations in Pakistan. State broadcaster IRIB on Sunday cited Iranian sources as saying “there are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talks” .
Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian ports
Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefire
The US has just released some more footage of the encounter with the Iranian flagged vessel, the M/V Touska.
In a post on X, US Central Command said US Marines had departed the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli by helicopter and rappelled onto the Iranian-flagged vessel.
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- Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of shipGuardian - World · Yohannes Lowe (now), Siraj Datoo and Mark Saunokonoko (earlier) · Apr 20, 2026, 7:59 AM
- Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure as Iran says it has no plans for talks after US seizes shipGuardian - World · Fran Singh (now), Yohannes Lowe, Siraj Datoo and Mark Saunokonoko (earlier) · Apr 20, 2026, 1:27 PM
- Middle East crisis live: Iran sends mixed signals on talks after US seizes shipGuardian - World · Adam Fulton (now); Coral Murphy Marcos, Aneesa Ahmed, Tom Ambrose, Yohannes Lowe, Fran Singh, Siraj Datoo and Mark Saunokonoko (earlier) · Apr 20, 2026, 11:49 PM
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