Iran US War News LIVE Updates: Trump says Xi backs keeping Iran nuke-free, offered help to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Billboard with graphics showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of US President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran. (AP Photo)
Iran US War LIVE: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed Iran and “feel very similar about (how) we want it to end,” referring to the war in West Asia, AP reported. The US President said the two leaders do not want Iran to have nuclear weapons. Trump also said that Xi offered his help to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, news agency Reuters reported earlier. The two leaders met at the walled-off Zhongnanhai complex in Beijing as Trump wraps up his state visit to China, which marks the first visit by a US President since 2017. “We’ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve,” Trump said.
‘Running out of patience’ Earlier on Friday, Trump signalled that he is running out of patience with Iran as he urged Tehran to reach a deal with Washington. “I am not going to be much more patient,” Trump said in an interview aired on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ program, adding that “They should make a deal.” The near-weapons grade uranium in Iran alongside Tehran’s enrich capability, has been the key sticking point in the talks. Trade along the Strait of Hormuz has remained halted, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has been targeting vessels bypassing Tehran’s restrictions, forcing them to take an alternate route through its territorial waters and pay hefty tolls. Tehran established an agency to formalise the toll collection. In the meantime, the US Navy has maintained its blockade on Iranian ports.
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US House rejects bid to rein in Trump’s war powers: The US House of Representatives narrowly defeated a Democratic-led motion aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorised by Congress under the War Powers Resolution. The House voted 212 to 212 on the war powers resolution. More Republicans have begun backing the effort to stop the US military operation as global oil prices spiral. As Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon continued to trade blows on the sidelines, the officials from the two countries held a fresh round of talks in the US. Israeli said the talks were taking place with the goal of disarming Hezbollah and reaching a peace agreement.
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