Trump said it’s not worth the U.S. delegation making the 18-hour flight to Pakistan when the U.S. holds all the cards in the conflict with Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reportedly already left Islamabad, Pakistan, following talks with the country's prime minister.

The president wrote on social media that in-person talks with Iranian leaders would be too much "time wasted on travel, and too much work!"

A United States naval blockade on Iran is strangling the Islamic Republic’s main economic corridors – leaving Tehran facing a looming oil storage crisis and its citizens grappling with rising food prices and surging unemployment.

The U.S. is racing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Iran reportedly lays mines in the critical waterway, testing the Navy's shift to unmanned systems.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel has completed preparations to resume the war with Iran and is currently awaiting "U.S. approval." According to local media reports, including Times of Israel,