Strait of Hormuz; Trump threatens to impose his own toll

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Trump sees the USA as a “guardian angel” – and wants to impose tolls

Trump is considering his own toll in the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiations are scheduled to take place in Switzerland on Sunday. All developments in the news blog.

Before the planned talks between the Iran and the USA The Iranian delegation has arrived in Switzerland in the Alpine republic. “We welcome the arrival of the Iranian delegation in Switzerland,” said the Swiss Foreign Ministry on Saturday evening in the short message service X. The Iranian news agency Irna also reported that the delegation had arrived in Switzerland.

US Vice President JD Vance has traveled to Switzerland for talks with Iran. The upcoming negotiations will primarily focus on the Iranian nuclear program and the ceasefire Lebanon Vance told reporters on Saturday as he departed Joint Base Andrews. He himself could “only stay there for a day or two.”

“I think we will hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue and also make progress on the ceasefire in Lebanon,” said the US vice president Donald Trump. “Those are the two big issues that I think we should focus on.”

Under the impression of growing tensions with Iran, US President Donald Trump has introduced a US toll in the Strait of Hormuz threatened. If a final peace agreement is not reached, the USA could be compensated for its services as a “guardian angel” of the region, he said on his platform Truth Social with. The US had Iran together at the end of February Israel attacked and thus started the war.

According to the mediator state Pakistan Talks between Iran and the USA are to be held in Switzerland on Sunday. These would be held at a technical level in Bürgenstock, according to a statement from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry in the afternoon.

Representatives of the United States, Iran and mediators Pakistan and Qatar would take part in the talks, it said. Islamabad will continue to support the process as a mediator to deepen the understandings reached in the framework agreement.

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. This is reported by the regime-affiliated Iranian news agency Mehr. Iran cites “broken promises and broken contracts” by the US government as the reason. Furthermore, Israel is breaking the terms of the agreement concluded with the USA through repeated attacks in Lebanon. If “the enemy” continues to break agreements, Iran will take “further steps.” Read more about this here.