President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the US Institute of Peace in Washington. (Source: AP Photo)
US-Iran Tensions Live Updates: US President Donald Trump convened the inaugural meeting of his newly formed Board of Peace in Washington, DC on Thursday, with discussions centered on the next phase of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking to reporters, Trump also said the world would know within “probably next 10 days” whether a potential agreement between the United States and Iran could be reached. “So now we may have to take it a step further, or we may not. Maybe we’re going to make a deal, you’re going to be finding out over the next probably 10 days,” he stated.
Vance says Iran ignoring Trump’s ‘red lines’: Meanwhile, US Vice President JD Vance has said that Iranians are yet to acknowledge and “work through” President Donald Trump’s “red lines”. “In some ways, it went well. They agreed to meet afterwards,” Vance told Fox News. “But in other ways, it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through. He said that one of Trump’s “red lines” states that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon. “There are a number of things that make it clear that they are interested in acquiring nuclear weapons,” Vance said. “The president of the United States is very much trying to find a solution here, whether it’s through diplomatic options or through another option, that means the Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon,” he said.
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Iran temporarily closes the Strait of Hormuz: Iran, on Tuesday (Feb 17), temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as it held the second round of talks with Washington. As the talks began, Iranian media announced the closure of the key international waterway, following which it fired live missiles towards the Strait of Hormuz. The projectiles, according to the Tasnim news agency, hit their targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
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