On Sunday, Trump stepped up pressure on Tehran by threatening in an expletive-laden Easter Sunday social media post to target Iran’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the strategic Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
Still, some ships, including an Omani-operated tanker, a French-owned container ship and a Japanese-owned gas carrier, transited the Strait of Hormuz since Thursday, shipping data showed, reflecting Iran’s policy of allowing passage for ships from countries it considers friendly.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the war is in danger of continuing as Iran has officially told mediators that it is not ready to meet with US officials in the Pakistani capital Islamabad in the coming days and ceasefire efforts have reached their final stages.