Iranian officials warned that they were prepared to play ‘new cards on the battlefield’ amid threats from President Donald Trump as the deadline looms on a two-week ceasefire agreement.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran would not accept any negotiations with the US while Trump’s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues.
The blockade was expanded on Thursday to include cargo ships carrying contraband, including weapons and ammunition. The US Navy also said at the time that any vessels suspected of trying to reach Iranian territory will be ‘subject to belligerent right to visit and search’.
