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Iran war live: Tehran slams US ‘piracy’ after ship seizure, vows response

Attack comes hours after US President Donald Trump announced he is sending his team to Islamabad for possible talks. Grouped from 14 articles across 6 sources.

14 reports6 sourcesApr 20, 2026, 12:00 AM
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Al JazeeraApr 20, 2026, 12:00 AM

Iran war live: Tehran slams US ‘piracy’ after ship seizure, vows response

Attack comes hours after US President Donald Trump announced he is sending his team to Islamabad for possible talks.

DWApr 19, 2026, 8:51 PM

Iran war: Tehran vows response to US seizure of cargo ship

US Marines have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Hormuz Strait, President Trump has said. Earlier, he threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if no peace deal was reached. DW has more.

DWApr 19, 2026, 8:51 PM

Iran war: Trump says US seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship

US Marines have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Hormuz Strait, President Trump has said. Earlier, he threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if no peace deal was reached. DW has more.

ABC NewsApr 19, 2026, 10:44 PM

Iran live updates: Trump says US Navy attacked and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

DWApr 18, 2026, 6:33 PM

Iran war: Trump says Tehran cannot 'blackmail us'

President Donald Trump has warned Iran not to "blackmail" the US by shutting the Strait of Hormuz once again. Meanwhile, Tehran has slammed Washington's "maximalist" positions.

DWApr 19, 2026, 3:03 AM

Iran war: Tehran says 'progress' made in talks with US

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said there was still "a big distance" between the two sides. Iran on Saturday again closed the Strait of Hormuz. Follow DW for more.

Al JazeeraApr 19, 2026, 12:00 AM

Iran war live: Hormuz Strait ‘closed’ as Tehran says no date for US talks

IRGC says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US stops blockading Iranian ports.

Al JazeeraApr 19, 2026, 9:26 AM

Iran war: What is happening on day 51 of the US-Israeli conflict?

Tehran says it will keep the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington ends its blockade of Iranian ports.

ABC AustraliaApr 17, 2026, 7:54 PM

Live: Trump says US will go into Iran to remove 'nuclear dust'

Should a peace deal with Tehran be reached, the US president says he expects the US to work with Iran to recover what's left of its enriched uranium. Follow live.

The Straits TimesApr 18, 2026, 12:45 AM

Jesus memes, threats and a war in Iran: A portrait of Trump under pressure

He has grown frustrated that the Iran war has taken longer than he had originally thought it would.

DWApr 17, 2026, 3:53 PM

Italy's Meloni breaks with Trump over war in Iran, pope

The war in Iran and a spat between two of the world's most influential Americans has forced Giorgia Meloni to choose sides, potentially pushing the Italian prime minister to align herself with Europe's center-right.

The Straits TimesApr 18, 2026, 2:15 AM

An imminent deal or ‘lies’? Fog of claims and counterclaims shrouds US-Iran war

Prospects of an all-out peace deal between Iran and the US remain very slim.

The Straits TimesApr 18, 2026, 1:22 AM

Trump frames Iran war as all but over in optimistic social media flurry

Iran’s top negotiator said the US President made seven false claims in just an hour of posting.

The GuardianApr 17, 2026, 7:56 PM

Trump’s Iran war victory boast has echoes of Bush’s ill-fated ‘mission accomplished’ claim

US president says all major sticking points have been ironed out ahead of peace talks, but some of his assertions seem dubious It lacked the triumphalist symbolism of George W Bush’s memorable – and subsequently ill-fated – appearance before the “mission accomplished” banner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln six weeks after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But there was no mistaking the boastful claims asserted on Friday by Donald Trump after a military assault on neighbouring Iran that has, so far, lasted a similar period and which, by widespread agreement outside the Trump administration, has not gone to plan. Continue reading...

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