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Trump News 21 April

Middle East crisis: Donald Trump extends Iran ceasefire until talks conclude

Maxine Kelly and Philip Georgiadis in London and Alexandra White, Zehra Munir and Peter Wells in New York


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Donald Trump said he would extend Washington’s ceasefire with Tehran as the US and Iran potentially seek to continue peace talks.

His announcement came as Iranian officials said they will not attend talks in Pakistan on Wednesday, according to the Tasnim news agency, which is closely affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards."

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Sundays blockade


James Politi in Washington, Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Michael Acton in San Francisco

Published APR 19 2026

Updated APR 20 2026, 06:56


Donald Trump said that a US naval destroyer seized an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman, as Washington and Tehran gave conflicting accounts of whether new peace talks were set to begin in Pakistan.

In a Truth Social post, the US president said the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska “tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them”.

He said the guided missile destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the ship by “blowing a hole” in its engine room after the vessel ignored warnings to stop. The US now had custody of the ship, he added, which was under Treasury department sanctions because of a “history of illegal activity”

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Tuesday no blockade


Alice Hancock and Nassos Stylianou in London

Published 4 HOURS AGO

At least 34 tankers with links to Iran have bypassed the US blockade since it began, according to the cargo tracking group Vortexa, including several carrying Iranian oil — despite US President Donald Trump declaring the barricade a “tremendous success"

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