Iran army navy chief calls Trump’s Hormuz blockade remarks 'funny'

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he is working to stop the war between Israel and Hezbollah and secure the withdrawal of Israeli force.

“We will continue to work to stop this war, to ensure the Israeli withdrawal from all our lands, the return of all the prisoners, to rebuild our destroyed villages and towns, and the safe return of the displaced,” Salam said in a speech on the eve of the anniversary of the start of Lebanon’s 1975–1990 civil war.

“We are continuing our efforts… to negotiate to stop the war,” he added in the televised address ahead of planned talks on Tuesday in Washington between Lebanese, Israeli and US officials.

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the United States must decide whether it is prepared to gain Iran’s trust following intensive negotiations in Islamabad.

“We had very intensive, serious and challenging talks,” IRGC-affiliated Fars News quoted Ghalibaf as saying on Sunday.

He added that Washington must decide whether it is ready to take steps to build trust, something he said was seen less from the American side in this round of talks.

Ghalibaf said the Iranian nation would not yield to threats, responding to remarks by US President Donald Trump.

“If ​you fight, we will fight, ​and if you come forward with logic, we will deal with logic,” he said.

The United Kingdom is working with France and other partners to form a “wide coalition” to ensure passage through the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reported citing a UK government spokesperson.

“We continue to support freedom of navigation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which is urgently needed to support the global economy and the cost of living back home,” the spokesperson said on Sunday.

“The Strait of Hormuz must not be subject to tolling,” the spokesperson added. “We are urgently working with France and other partners to put together a wide coalition to protect freedom of navigation.”

The United States did not come to Pakistan to reach an agreement with Iran, Mahmoud Nabavian, a member of parliament and part of Tehran’s delegation, told IRGC-affiliated Fars News.

He added that there were serious disagreements on three issues.

In a post on X, Nabavian said Washington had demanded “a shared stake with the Islamic Republic in the benefits of the Strait of Hormuz, the removal of 60% enriched uranium from Iran, and the suspension of Iran’s right to enrich uranium for 20 years.”

A gap in negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad centered on the amount of Iranian frozen funds to be released, Axios reported, citing a source with knowledge of the talks.

The report, citing a US official, said Washington set sweeping red lines, including ending all uranium enrichment, dismantling all major nuclear enrichment facilities, which are mostly destroyed, and retrieving highly enriched uranium.

The United States also called on Tehran to accept a broader peace, security and de-escalation framework that includes regional allies, end funding for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, and fully open the Strait of Hormuz without charging tolls, according to Axios.