❗Conflict Overview: Day 157

▪ President Donald Trump said that the talks currently conducted by the US and Iran are the "last chance" for Tehran to reach beneficial agreements

▪ The US and Iran will primarily focus on restoring full commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the US blockade on Iranian ports during the talks announced by President Trump, the Associated Press news agency reported, citing diplomatic sources in a Middle Eastern country acting as a mediator in the talks

▪ Reaching an agreement between Iran and Oman on a route through the Strait of Hormuz will not mean that the waterway will immediately reopen to maritime traffic, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said

▪The US military remains ready to deliver strikes against Iran at a level “not seen since World War 2,” Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has said

▪ US President Donald Trump’s statements on negotiations between Tehran and Washington are false, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said