Donald Trump warns the U.S. will destroy Iranian boats challenging a new naval blockade amid ongoing war tensions.

Trump said the peace negotiations with Iran went well, but Iran would not agree to end its nuclear program.

The statement comes as direct US-Iran talks in Islamabad end without an agreement

The president said the U.S. was ready to "finish up" Iran at the “appropriate moment," stressing that Tehran's nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war.

The president said the U.S. was ready to "finish up" Iran at the “appropriate moment."

"Numerous countries are going to be helping" Washington with this, the US president said

President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy will block the Strait of Hormuz to cut off Iran's shipping lanes after peace talks failed to produce a deal.

The conflict is now a test of wills - Iran’s capacity to absorb strikes versus Trump’s tolerance for the war's costs.

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Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it would treat the approach of military vessels to the strait as a violation of the ceasefire

The U.S. military said it will begin stopping all ships from leaving or entering Iran's ports in line with a blockade ordered by President Donald Trump.

Trump says Beijing ‘would like to see this ended’ as the US moves to stop vessels transiting to and from Iranian ports.

Follow The Hindu LIVE for updates on the Iran war, April 13, as the US escalates tensions with threats to block the Strait of Hormuz

El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, amenazó con "eliminar" cualquier buque iraní que se salte el bloqueo en el estrecho de Ormuz.

Donald Trump warns the U.S. will destroy Iranian boats challenging a new naval blockade amid ongoing war tensions.

CENTCOM has warned that blockade would apply to all ships regardless of flag

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. How would that work?

Analysts say that Iran has already moved vast quantities of its oil offshore and a full blockade would be complex to implement

Iran’s conventional navy might be decimated, but its large fleet of high-speed boats could well pose a threat, analysts in China say.