WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen immediately afterward.
"The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. (US-Trump-Iran deal)
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TEHRAN -- The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States to end the war will not be signed on Sunday due to "the other side's hesitation," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Students' News Agency, also citing Baqaei, reported Saturday that the MoU could be signed "in the coming days." (Iran-US-MoU)
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LONDON -- The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday evening warned ships operating near the Strait of Hormuz against transiting the strategic waterway, according to an audio recording of a public maritime radio channel.
The recording, provided to Xinhua by a crew member aboard a commercial vessel near the strait, showed that the IRGC navy addressed all vessels operating in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, saying the Strait of Hormuz had been "completely closed" and that any vessel movement within the strait would be dealt with "decisively." (Iran-Hormuz-IRGC)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani security forces killed 21 militants, including four local ring leaders, during a series of intelligence-based operations in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military's media wing said Saturday.
The operations were conducted in Miran Shah and North Waziristan districts, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said in a statement. (Pakistan-Military Operation) Enditem
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