President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. and Iran failed to reach a peace deal after 21 hours of negotiations.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military and government sites.
Trump set a deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face broad strikes on its critical infrastructure. Hours before the deadline expired, Trump said he had agreed to suspend planned bombing for two weeks if Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi then said that "safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supported the ceasefire with Iran, but that Lebanon -- where intense Israeli strikes continued -- was not covered by the agreement, despite Iranian protests.
Key Headlines
- US blockade of Iranian ports to begin Monday, CENTCOM says
- Military vessels approaching Strait of Hormuz 'will be met with severe force,' IRGC says
- DOJ will 'vigorously prosecute' buyers or sellers of sanctioned Iranian oil, Blanche says
- Despite blockade announcement, Trump urges Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
- President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Trump says Iran doing 'very poor job' of allowing oil through Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating its agreement with the U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz, saying in a social media post on Thursday that it was "doing a poor job" of allowing oil to pass through the waterway.
"Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!" he wrote.
Trump's post follows another in which he told Iran not to charge fees to oil tankers passing through the strait.
-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr
Trump says Iran 'better not' charge a Strait of Hormuz toll
President Donald Trump issued a warning on social media Thursday while responding to "reports" that Iran is collecting tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, saying "they better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!"
This comes as the president suggested to ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl on Wednesday that the U.S. and Iran could work together to collect tolls.
"We're thinking of doing it as a joint venture. It's a way of securing it -- also securing it from lots of other people," Trump told Karl in a phone call, when asked if he's okay with the Iranians charging a toll for all ships that go through the Strait of Hormuz.
-ABC News' Isabella Murray
Damage but no injuries in Kuwait after 'hostile' drone attacks, Kuwait National Guard says
Kuwait said one of its National Guard sites was targeted by "hostile drones" resulting in "significant material damage" but no casualties.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense said earlier that drones were targeting "a number of vital facilities."
Iran says over 3,000 killed since war began
U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran have killed more than 3,000 Iranians since Feb. 28, the head of Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization, Abbas Masjedi, told Mizan, the Iranian judiciary's official news agency, on Thursday.
Masjedi said 40% of the victims were "unidentified," citing the type of attacks and weapons used as the reason for this. He didn’t specify how many of those killed were military-affiliated or civilians.
This is the first time since early March that an Iranian official has provided a total death toll of the ongoing war.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency -- a U.S.-based group that relies on a network of activists in Iran for its reporting -- reported on Tuesday that at least 3,636 people had been killed across the country since Feb. 28, including at least 1,701 civilians, of whom 254 were children.
-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian