U.S. forces boarded the M/T Tifani, a stateless sanctioned crude oil tanker tied to Iran, marking the second naval interdiction in as many days.

Regional officials say the United States and Iran have signaled they will hold new ceasefire talks in Islamabad. A two-week truce is set to expire Wednesday. U.S.

Since the war, the Islamic Republic has been operating less as a hierarchy organized around a single dominant figure and more as a hardline coalition trying to manage war, diplomacy, and internal competition simultaneously.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps effectively has assumed control over key state functions and blocked presidential appointments, according to an Iran International report.

The U.S. and Iran were expected to begin a new round of talks in Pakistan this week, but there's increasing uncertainty about when or if they will happen.

It's unclear when or even if top Iranian officials will come to Pakistan for peace talks just a day before Trump's latest ultimatum expires.

Iran-US war latest: Trump says he will extend ceasefire after peace talks placed on hold - US president vows to continue blockading Iranian ports as Tehran refuses to send negotiators to Pakistan talk

The official Telegram account of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei late Tuesday published threats to attack U.S. and Israeli forces with drones and missiles. The statement comes as the U.S. has been blocking Iranian shipping after Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. In a social media post, the Pentagon said U.S. forces “conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction” and boarded the M/T Tifani “without incident.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf claimed that US President Trump had violated the ceasefire between the two countries by "imposing a siege. " Iranian Parliament Speaker

Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Monday that Tehran will not negotiate under pressure from President Donald Trump and warned that Iran has spent the past two weeks preparing new military options as a shaky ceasefire approached its deadline.