U.S. and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century on Saturday in Pakistan to try to end their six-week war even as President Donald Trump said his military was clearing the Strait of Hormuz. “We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favour to Countries all over the World,” Trump posted, saying 28 Iranian mine-dropping vessels had been sunk.
Iran’s state-affiliated Nournews called that “false news” and Britain’s Financial Times newspaper said the talks in Pakistan had hit a stalemate over the status of the strait. Amid conflicting reports from the field, Iranian state TV said no U.S. ships had crossed the strait, a crucial transit point for global energy supplies that Tehran has effectively blocked but Trump has vowed to reopen.