U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials offered disparate views on the next stage of the war, casting uncertainty over whether the two sides would meet for peace talks with a ceasefire set to expire in the coming days.
Tensions in the war ratcheted up over the weekend as the U.S. Navy fired upon and boarded an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, the first seizure in the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
That critical waterway for energy shipments remained closed early Monday after confusion over the weekend about whether tankers could transit the strait. Iran had initially said ships could pass before abruptly stopping traffic through the waterway less than 24 hours later.
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