She said: “Let’s go to the Iran war because Iran has said this morning that its delegates won’t be returning to Pakistan for renewed peace talks with the US. The new development is a blow to what people were hoping for.” Frost added: “That update was issued by the foreign ministry’s spokesperson in a press conference that’s still ongoing.
“He said that US proposals have been unserious and its demands unrealistic, and that is why they will not be joining the peace talks that, according to US reports, were meant to be restarting early this week.”
Ridge went on: “The backdrop to this press conference is the news that we’ve had overnight, was the US seizing an Iranian flagged tanker that was trying to break through America’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz last night.
“Iran said they want to retaliate for that.”
The presenter acknowledged that while the ceasefire between the US and Iran was already looking fragile, “it’s now in real jeopardy”.
She added: “US forces say they issued multiple warnings to the ship over a six-hour period.”
The state IRNA news agency reported Tehran’s absence is due to “Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade”.
“If they don’t sign this deal, the whole country is getting blown up,” he told Fox News.
He added that “bridges and power plants will be targeted if Iran does not sign this agreement” in a post on Truth Social.
A furious Trump wrote: “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom.
“That wasn’t nice, was it? My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations.”
