Middle East crisis live: Iran weighs Pakistan talks with US, and claims it has ‘new cards for battlefield’

Officials say US vice-president has not yet left Washington for Islamabad after Donald Trump said he did not want to extend ceasefire

Trump says US likely to resume bombing Iran as ceasefire nears end

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Iran’s armed forces are ready to deliver an “immediate and decisive response” to any renewed hostile action by its adversaries, Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, was quoted by the Tasnim news agency as having said.

He said Tehran had the upper hand militarily, including in the management of the strait of Hormuz, and would not allow Donald Trump to “create false narratives over the situation on the ground.”