Iran warns it has ‘new cards on the battlefield’
Iran warns it has 'new cards on the battlefield' as Pakistan prepares for possible peace talks.
Iran warns it has ‘new cards on the battlefield’ as Pakistan prepares for possible peace talks.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker posted on X to say that Iran has been “preparing to show new cards on the battlefield” in the last two weeks and would “not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats”.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has denied he is under pressure to make a deal, while US media report that Vice-President JD Vance will travel to Pakistan on Tuesday for talks. Trump adds that it is “highly unlikely” a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, due to expire on Wednesday, will be extended.
In the Gulf, the US continues to blockade the Strait of Hormuz after seizing an Iranian-flagged cargo ship on Sunday and both sides are accusing each other of ceasefire violations.
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Elsewhere, a second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon is set to take place on Thursday – according to a US official.
President Trump did not appear in front of any TV cameras or microphones on Monday. But that did not stopped him keeping us well informed as to how he is feeling about peace talks with Iran, scheduled to begin in Pakistan this week.
He posted a dozen times on his social media site, Truth Social, about the conflict with Iran, insisting he has the upper hand in any negotiations.
“I’m winning a War, BY A LOT, things are going very well,” he said in one post.
“The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA,” he said in another, referring to the deal President Obama struck in 2015.
He also insisted he is not in a hurry to do a deal – “I read the Fake News saying that I am under ‘pressure’ to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly!”
Trump did not offer much evidence or explanation of why he is so optimistic that a deal is in sight when it’s not even certain right now if the two sides will even meet for talks.
Other than to say – in another post – that the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is costing Iran $500m a day, which Trump says is destroying Iran.
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