US Iran war highlights: White House ‘confirms’ Vance won't travel to Pak after Trump announces ceasefire extension

US Iran war highlights: US Vice President JD Vance has not yet departed for Pakistan for negotiations with Iran. Iran has also not confirmed its participation in the talks.

US Iran war highlights: No Iranian delegation has departed for Pakistan for US peace talks yet, says state media

US Iran war highlights: US President Donald Trump has announced that he will be extending the ceasefire until Iran comes up with a unified proposal on a possible deal. The Republican attributed the move to a “request” by Pakistan leaders Shebaz Sharif and Asim Munir....Read More

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• 22 Apr 2026, 07:18:57 AM IST

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• 22 Apr 2026, 05:41:36 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US senator backs Trump's decision to continue naval blockade despite truce extension

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US Senator Lindsey Graham heaped praise on Trump's decision to continue the military blockade of Iranian ports as a “very smart decision”.

  “While I support a diplomatic solution as the preferred outcome to bring Iran to heel, we must remember Iran’s history of keeping their word and honoring deals. It is, at best, checkered,” Graham said in a tweet.

• 22 Apr 2026, 05:37:47 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Highly unlikely’, Trump said on possibility of truce extension before announcement

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Hours before he announced that the ongoing Iran-US ceasefire will be extended, Donald Trump had said that it was “highly unlikely” that he would so do. He had even issued threats to Iran.

• 22 Apr 2026, 04:53:00 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump warns Iran, says naval blockade to continue despite truce extension

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Even as Donald Trump announced the extension of the truce with Iran, he warned that the US military would continue its blockade of Iranian ports.

  In a Truth Social post, he said he would "extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”

• 22 Apr 2026, 04:28:38 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US crude jumps as peace talks remain uncertain

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Oil prices in the US saw a significant jump in early trade despite Trump's ceasefire extension announcement. The jump is being attributed to the uncertainty on talks between US and Iran.

  US West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed as high as $90.70 a barrel and traded up 59 cents, or 0.7%, at $90.26 at 2215 GMT, reported Reuters.

• 22 Apr 2026, 03:55:08 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: JD Vance won't be travelling to Pakistan for talks, says White House

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The White House has confirmed that Vice President JD Vance won't be travelling to Islamabad, news agencies AP and AFP reported. The White House did not offer any additional updates on the possibility of in-person meetings.

  Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request while awaiting a "unified proposal" from Tehran.

• 22 Apr 2026, 03:50:52 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Tehran says didn't ask for ceasefire, renews threats on naval blockade

  US Iran war LIVE updates: While there hasn't been any official reaction from Iran on the ceasefire extention announced by Donald Trump, Reuters said in a report quoting Tasnim news agency that Iran had not asked for a ceasefire extension and repeated threats to break the US blockade by force.

• 22 Apr 2026, 03:24:50 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Shehbaz Sharif thanks Trump for accepting request on ceasefire

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Donald Trump for accepting his and Field Marshal Asim Munir's “request” on extending the ceasefire with Iran.

  “With the trust and confidence reposed in, Pakistan shall continue its earnest efforts for negotiated settlement of conflict,” Sharif wrote on X.

• 22 Apr 2026, 03:15:52 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Ghalibaf's advisor suspects ‘ploy’ for surprise attack in Trump's truce announcement

  US Iran war LIVE updates: An advisor to Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has reportedly claimed that Trump's announcement of extending the ceasefire is a “ploy for a surprise attack”.

  The advisor also rejected the extension as “nothing” and said that the “losing side” cannot dictate terms, according to Reuter's report.

• 22 Apr 2026, 02:53:25 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Request’ from Munir and Sharif mentioned in Trump's truce extension post

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said that Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir requested that the US attacks on Iran be held off until Tehran officials come up with a unified proposal. Trump said this in a Truth Social post announcing the extension of ceasefire with Iran.

• 22 Apr 2026, 02:37:50 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump's truce extension means ‘nothing’, says Tehran official

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Advisor to Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has reportedly rejected Trump's ceasefire extension announcement as “nothing”.

  “The losing side can't dictate terms,” the official was quoted as saying by Reuters. The official also alleged that the extension was a ploy to buy time for a surprise attack.

• 22 Apr 2026, 02:33:57 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Striking vessel, taking its crew hostage violation of ceasefire’, says Iran

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that ‘striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage’ is violation of ceasefire by the US.

  His remarks came days after an Iranian-flagged vessel named Touska was taken into custody by the US Marines in the Gulf of Oman.

• 22 Apr 2026, 01:54:44 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump announces ceasefire extension till Iran submits proposal

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump has announced an extension of the shaky ceasefire with Iran that was due to expire soon. “I will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their (Iran's) proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.

• 22 Apr 2026, 01:41:28 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's big threat to the Gulf on oil production amid war

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has reportedly threatened to end oil production in the Middle East if the Islamic republic faced attacks launched from its Gulf neighbours' territory.

  "The southern neighbours should know that if their geography and facilities are used in the service of the enemies to attack the Iranian nation, they should bid farewell to oil production in the Middle East," the commander of Guards' aerospace force, Majid Mousavi, was quoted by Fars news agency as saying, according to an AFP report.

• 22 Apr 2026, 01:01:55 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Tehran could attend Pak talks if US give up ‘pressure, threats’, says official

  US Iran war LIVE updates: A senior official has told news agency Reuters that Iran was willing to attend the second round of talks in Pakistan if the US abandons its policy of pressure and threats. The Iranian official reportedly also said that Pakistan was trying to get the US to lift its naval blockade of ports and release Touska, an Iranian-flagged vessel intercepted by the US Marines on Sunday.

• 22 Apr 2026, 12:47:28 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Ready to go’ with fresh bombing raids if…, says Trump in new threat to Tehran

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fresh warnings to Iran, saying in a CNBC interview that the US was “ready to go” with bombing raids if a breakthrough is not reached.

  Meanwhile, a New York Times report said that JD Vance's Pak visit has been put on hold over Iran's failure to commit to the talks or respond to the US's negotiating position.

• 22 Apr 2026, 12:11:56 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Tehran says US blockade of Iranian ports is an 'act of war', issues warning

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the naval blockade of Iranian ports by the US is an “act of war”, further warning that Tehran knew how to “neutralize restrictions” and “resist bullying”.

  “Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire. Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation,” the minister wrote on X.

• 22 Apr 2026, 12:01:18 AM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US imposes new sanctions against suppliers of weapons to Iran

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Fourteen people and some companies have come under fresh US sanctions over the supply of weapons to Iran. According to an AP report, the targets also include aircraft and based in Iran, Turkey and the UAE.

  They were cited for their involvement in procuring or transporting weapons or components on Iran's behalf, Treasury said in a statement.

• 21 Apr 2026, 11:08:35 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Vance's Pak trip on hold after Iran stays silent on talks, says report

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US Vice President JD Vance's trip to Pakistan is currently on hold after Iran did not respond to American negotiating positions, an American official with direct knowledge told New York Times.

  While Vance was scheduled to leave for Islamabad Tuesday morning, this was put on hold after no Iranian response was received on the matter. However, the trip has not been cancelled and could resume if Iran's negotiators respond in a positive manner, NYT reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 10:46:55 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump says the US would resume ‘bombing’ if ceasefire ends without deal

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said US could resume “bombing” if the ceasefire deadline expires without a deal with Iran.

  “Well, I expect to be bombing because I think that’s a better attitude to go in with. But we’re ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go,” Trump told CNBC.

• 21 Apr 2026, 10:37:17 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran denies women facing execution after Trump's remarks

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's judiciary denied on Tuesday that eight women faced execution after US President Donald Trump sought clemency on their behalf, AFP reported.

  “Trump was misled once again by fake news,” the judiciary's official Mizan Online website said, according to AFP.

• 21 Apr 2026, 10:11:48 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli military says sirens in northern Israel were false identification

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The Israeli military on Tuesday said sirens in northern Israel were determined to be a false identification.

  Sirens were sounded in Kfar Yovel and Maayan Baruch in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border.

• 21 Apr 2026, 09:59:48 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pak says Iran-US ceasefire ends at 2350 GMT (5.20 am IST)

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan has said that the two-week ceasefire between US and Iran will end at 23.50 GMT on Tuesday (5.20 am IST on Wednesday).

  “Ceasefire ends at 4:50 am PST, 22 April,” Pakistan information minister Attaullah Tarar posted on X, referring to Pakistan Standard Time.

• 21 Apr 2026, 09:48:20 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Vance has not yet departed for Iran, says White House

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The White House on Tuesday clarified that US Vice President JD Vance has not yet left for Iran, and that he is currently attending additional policy meetings, Reuters news agency reported.

  This comes even as Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar said that Iran has provided no formal confirmation on attending the talks with US in Islamabad.

• 21 Apr 2026, 09:03:53 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran executes eighth man over January protests

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has executed a man convicted of helping to set fire to a major mosque in Tehran during protests in January, AFP cited the Iranian judiciary as saying.

  Amir Ali Mirjafari was accused of setting fire to the Gholhak Grand Mosque and also working with the Israeli espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. Mirjafari was the eight person to be executed over the January protests.

• 21 Apr 2026, 08:43:09 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump says US in a ‘very, very strong negotiating position’

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Ahead of the negotiations in Islamabad, US President Donald Trump said America was in a “very, very strong negotiating position.”

  “We're going to end up with a great deal. I think they have no choice…” Trump told broadcaster CNBC. While the US delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, is yet to leave for Islamabad, Iran has not given any formal confirmation regarding its attendance.

• 21 Apr 2026, 08:33:35 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Decision from Iran on attending talks before ceasefire deadline is critical, says Pak

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar said that the decision from Iran on its attendance for the talks in Islamabad before the ceasefire deadline is critical.

  Tarar said that Pakistan as a mediator is in constant touch with the Iranians and pursuing the path of diplomacy and dialogue, Reuters news agency reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 08:29:46 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran yet to formally confirm its attendance for Islamabad peace talks, says Pakistan

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday said formal confirmation from the Iranian side on their attendance for the peace talks in Islamabad was awaited.

  However, Tarar said that Pakistan had made sincere efforts to convince the Iranian leadership to participate in the second round of talks with the US, and efforts to that end will continue, Reuters news agency reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 08:07:51 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Latest on Strait of Hormuz crisis

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained largely halted on Tuesday, with only three ships having passed the waterway in the past 24 hours, Reuters news agency reported citing shipping data.

  Among the ships which passed was thre Ean Spir products tanker and the Lian Star cargo ship, which had no known flag or known ownership, and the Meda liquefied petroleum gas tanker, which had called at a UAE port in the Gulf.

• 21 Apr 2026, 08:04:01 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan urges US, Iran to extend ceasefire

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Islamabad has urged the United States and Iran to extend their two-week ceasefire which ends on April 22, Reuters news agency cited Pakistan's foreign ministry as saying.

  Pakistan foreign minister Ishaq Dar, in a meeting with US Chargé d’Affaires in Pakistan, Natalie A. Baker, reiterated the need for dialogue between both sides.

• 21 Apr 2026, 07:56:12 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US forces board previously sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean, says Pentagon

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Department of Defense said on Tuesday.

  The Pentagon, in a social media post, said US forces “conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction” and boarded the M/T Tifani “without incident.” Ship-tracking data showed the Tifani was carrying oil in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday between Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

• 21 Apr 2026, 07:52:50 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump urges Iran to free eight women he says are facing execution

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran could boost the chances of success in peace talks with the United States by freeing eight women he says are facing execution.

  “I would greatly appreciate the release of these women…Would be a great start to our negotiations!” the US President said in a post on Truth Social. The post came after a pro-Israel youth activist in the United States, Eyal Yakoby, re-posted a claim on X that eight women faced death by hanging. The claim, which did not provide any names but posted photographs, could not be verified.

• 21 Apr 2026, 07:19:44 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump says Iran will ‘soon be in negotiations’ with US

  “To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,” the US president wrote in a social media post in response to unverified news alleging that Iran is planning to hang eight women.

  “I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so. Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!!”

• 21 Apr 2026, 06:58:19 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump says administration is weighing a currency swap with UAE

  US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is weighing a currency swap with UAE to help bolster finances of Mideast ally rattled by war.

• 21 Apr 2026, 06:49:06 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran foreign ministry condemns arrests in UAE as 'baseless'

  Iran foreign ministry has condemned arrests in UAE as 'baseless'. UAE had said that it busted a ‘terror cell’ linked to Iran.

• 21 Apr 2026, 06:18:35 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: ‘Ready to go militarily,’ says Trump on Iran

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Tuesday, saying America was “ready to go militarily,” Reuters news agency reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 06:16:28 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump says he does not want to extend ceasefire with Iran

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a ceasefire with Iran.

  He said that he believed that US was in a strong negotiating position and would be able to get what he called a great deal. “I don't want to do that. We don't have that much time,” Trump said on extending the ceasefire.

• 21 Apr 2026, 05:05:34 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: US, Iran negotiators to arrive in Islamabad early Wednesday for talks, say officials

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Pakistan-led mediators have received confirmation that top US and Iran negotiators will land in Islamabad early Wednesday for negotiations, Associated Press reported citing officials.

  Two regional officials told AP that US and Iran have signalled their willingness to hold a new round of the ceasefire talks in Islamabad.

• 21 Apr 2026, 05:01:40 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar says it is in contact with all parties, Gulf countries ahead of Islamabad talks

  US Iran war LIVE updates: With the uncertainty around the talks in Islamabad still prevailing, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said the country is in contact with all parties, including the US.

  Ansari further said that Qatar was also in “direct contact” with all Gulf countries, Al Jazeera reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 04:59:09 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Resolving Hormuz crisis is not the responsibility of only one country, but all, says Qatar

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said the resolution of the Strait of Hormuz crisis is the responsibility of not one country, but all.

  Ansari said the continued closure of the strait turns the crisis from regional to an international one, according to Al Jazeera.

• 21 Apr 2026, 04:57:01 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar condemns ‘violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty' amid Israeli attacks

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar has condemned the violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, amid Israeli strikes in the country. Qatar's foreign minister spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said the country had always called for an end to the war, Al Jazeera reported.

  He said that the conflict had put everyone at risk along with its energy markets, and called for the continuation of the ceasefire.

• 21 Apr 2026, 04:49:56 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Who blinks first? US-Iran in travel standoff over Islamabad talks

  US Iran war LIVE updates: While Pakistan has been preparing for the talks between US and Iran in Islamabad, both negotiating sides are in a travel standoff to see who gets on the plane first, Al Jazeera reported.

  While US President Donald Trump had on Monday said their delegation was on their way to Islamabad, it was later clarified that Vice President JD Vance had not yet departed for the talks. Meanwhile, Iran has still not confirmed its attendance, with the US blockade of its ports now a sticking point.

• 21 Apr 2026, 04:44:33 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: UN maritime agency working on evacuation plan for hundreds of stranded ships

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The International Maritime Organization is working on an evacuation plan for hundreds of ship stranded in the Persian Gulf following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

  The plan can only be put into action when there are clear signs of de-escalation, International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said Tuesday, Bloomberg reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 04:42:35 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: UN maritime agency chief appeals for help for stranded Hormuz sailors

  US Iran war LIVE updates: International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez has appealed on Tuesday for help for thousands of seafarers stranded due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

  Dominguez told a maritime conference in Singapore that stranded sailors were suffering from stress and fatigue, and urged shipping companies to provide remote support to them, AFP reported

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:57:37 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran Air to resume domestic flights from Wednesday, first flight between Tehran-Mashhad

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran Air will resume domestic flights on Wednesday (April 22), after a 50-day halt in services owing to the war, Al Jazeera reported citing Tasnim news agency.

  The first route it will operate on is the Tehran-Mashhad corridor, with return flights also operating on the same day.

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:55:24 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel issues another warning for residents of southern Lebanon

  US Iran war LIVE updates: The Israeli military issued another warning to the residents of southern Lebanon, asking them “not to move south of the line of the villages shown and their surroundings” that it showed on a map.

  “Additionally, approaching the area of the Litani River, Wadi Salhania, and Saluki is not permitted,” the Israeli army's spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:51:57 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Consequences will be ‘catastrophic’ if freedom of navigation does not return to Hormuz, says EU transport commissioner

  US Iran war LIVE updates: European Union transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas has said that without the return of permanent freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, consequences will be “catastrophic” for Europe and the world at large.

  However, the transport commissioner says Europe maintains emergency jet fuel stocks, which can be released when necessary, Reuters news agency reported. Tzitzikostas added that the EU was working to find an alternative jet fuel supply for Europe, like from the United States.

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:45:06 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: No indication yet of any flight cancellations in coming weeks or months, says EU transport commissioner

  US Iran war LIVE updates: European Union's transport commissioner on Tuesday said there was no indication yet that there will be widespread flight cancellations in the coming weeks or months.

  The transport commissioner added that there was no need to intervene in how people live, work or travel at this point, Reuters news agency reported.

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:40:28 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran says tanker managed to enter its territorial waters despite US blockade

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has said that an Iranian tanker managed to enter the country's territorial waters last night despite “threats” from the US military, which has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports.

  “Despite multiple warnings and threats from the naval task force of the US Army … the Iranian oil tanker Sili City, with the operational support of the Army Navy … entered Iranian territorial waters last night after passing through the Arabian Sea,” Iranian Army's public relations office said, according to Mehr News Agency.

• 21 Apr 2026, 03:33:46 PM IST

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Lebanon PM to meet EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg

  US Iran war LIVE updates: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is scheduled to meet with foreign ministers of European Union countries in Luxembourg and brief them, Al Jazeera reported.

  The meeting of EU foreign ministers might also focus on the countries' ties with Israel, even as Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prevo has called Israel’s conduct in Lebanon “totally unacceptable”. Some countries, including Spain, Slovenia and Ireland, have also tried to revise the EU’s association agreement with Israel.