{"id":15762,"date":"2026-04-18T09:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15762"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:44:40","slug":"us-iran-talks-take-sudden-uncertain-shift-with-sweeping-claims-on-both-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15762","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran talks take sudden, uncertain shift with sweeping claims on both sides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5.jpg 718w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump sprinted ahead Friday to take a victory lap celebrating what he said was Iran\u2019s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But conflicting statements from Iranian officials and Israeli pushback on the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon are raising doubt about the president\u2019s actual successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m concerned that, in this round, Iran came out with the upper hand,\u201d Danny Citrinowicz, senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, posted on the social platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump began Friday morning with a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon in effect and celebrated what he called the opening of the \u201cStrait of Iran,\u201d referring to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran\u2019s Embassy in Zimbabwe joked that the term meant Trump was in a good mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, wrote on X late Friday that with the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continuing, the waterway \u201cwill not remain open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which were false,\u201d he wrote, according to a translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The waterway otherwise remains \u201ceffectively closed\u201d as vessel movements are confined to corridors that require approval, according to Kpler, a go-to source for global trade intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, markets earlier Friday responded with \u201ccautious optimism, reflected in a short-term pullback in prices,\u201d but any meaningful recovery in the passage of oil, gas and other goods including fertilizer \u201cdepends on a gradual return of shipowners, beginning with a tentative \u2018first movers\u2019 phase that may restore only a fraction of capacity,\u201d Kpler said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA full normalization in trade and confidence is likely to take months, not weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is \u201cessential\u201d for further progress in U.S.-Iran talks, but the Strait of Hormuz remains the top concern for Trump over its impact on the global economy, according to Jon Hoffman, a research fellow at Cato Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis war has quickly become a contest of who can absorb the most pain. Here, time is on Iran\u2019s side \u2014 the longer the strait remains closed, the greater the political costs will be for President Trump,\u201d Hoffman told The Hill on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Haas, a senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC), said he does not expect the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to last long since the \u201cunderlying fight isn\u2019t between Israel and Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough there is no official peace between them, they don\u2019t operate in ways that directly threaten one another,\u201d Haas told The Hill on Friday. \u201cThe underlying fight continues to be between Israel and Hezbollah, and it\u2019s just a matter of time before Hezbollah resumes that fight and Israel responds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even as the terms of the strait\u2019s opening are unclear, the limited progress suggests Trump and Tehran are looking to soften the ground ahead of a potential second round of talks for a deal to end the war. Trump has suggested he would fly to Islamabad to sign an agreement, praising the Pakistanis for their mediation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe draws up plan B for strait<br>Meanwhile, European countries are working on a plan B to ensure movement through the Strait of Hormuz, gathering 49 countries in person and virtually for a meeting Friday to discuss plans of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a \u201cneutral\u201d military operation to protect shipping in the strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will accelerate the planning work we have already launched, coordinated with the United Kingdom, to enable the establishment of a neutral mission \u2013 distinct from the belligerents \u2013 to support and secure merchant vessels transiting the Gulf,\u201d Macron said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macron said France and the U.K. will work in close coordination with the Americans and Israelis and on deconfliction efforts with the Iranians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, however, rejected other countries\u2019 involvement, particularly European NATO allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH OIL. They were useless when needed, a Paper Tiger,\u201d Trump posted on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump sprinted ahead Friday to take a victory lap celebrating what he said was Iran\u2019s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. But conflicting statements from Iranian officials and Israeli pushback on the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon are raising doubt about the president\u2019s actual successes. 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