{"id":2016109,"date":"2026-06-28T19:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016109"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:17:39","slug":"iran-threatens-total-halt-to-talks-amid-intensive-us-air-activity-over-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2016109","title":{"rendered":"Iran threatens total halt to talks amid intensive US air activity over Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/66\/85\/1200x675_cmsv2_8e965eef-27c6-54b8-a1bb-84cd7cf517e1-9816685.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2905567-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2905567\" data-cid=\"9816528\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905567-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/64\/75\/189x106_cmsv2_2389776d-795b-5ef0-b988-fc3131beaa03-9816475.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Invited by Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Lithuania&apos;s Gitanas Naus\u0117da, Latvia&apos;s Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds, Estonia&apos;s Alar Karis and Romania&apos;s Nicu\u0219or Dan visited Poland.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Informal presidents&#8217; summit in Poland amid dispute with Zelenskyy\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905592-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2905592\" data-cid=\"9816514\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905592-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/14\/189x106_cmsv2_a3d26018-8ed4-5571-97a4-259caf2afa4c-9816514.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Matthias Huss, of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, on June 10, 2025. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Earth News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Swiss glaciers melting rapidly in June as Europe faces extreme heat\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905606-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2905606\" data-cid=\"9816624\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905606-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/66\/24\/189x106_cmsv2_0de9df9e-0a9c-57ff-8c05-c80a4f4063e7-9816624.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Top News Stories Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905591-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2905591\" data-cid=\"9816513\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905591-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/13\/189x106_cmsv2_ee939502-f795-51e7-afe9-4743353801b2-9816513.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"At -90kg, Guilherme SCHIMIDT faced Yahor VARAPAYEU. 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A yuko delivered VARAPAYEU the gold medal.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Sport<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Heavyweights Deliver a Spectacular Finish in Qingdao\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Iran<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Iran threatens total halt to talks amid intensive US air activity over Hormuz<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video 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class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;From now on, violating vessels will be dealt with more strongly than in the past and will face a crushing response,&#8221; the IRGC added in a statement shared by Iranian state-run media.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate trigger for the weekend&#8217;s escalation was the drone attack that the US attributed to Iran on Saturday on the M\/T Kiku, a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker that was heading to the port of Fujairah in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command (CENTCOM) responded by striking 10 Iranian military targets in and near the Strait of Hormuz, including surveillance infrastructure, air defence sites, drone storage facilities and minelaying capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>Tehran then launched ballistic missiles and drones at the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Salman Port in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Bahrain&#8217;s Interior Ministry said Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near Bahrain International Airport. No fatalities were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Intensive US military flight activity above the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday evening appeared to signal preparations for a new wave of strikes on Iranian military installations, following Saturday\u2019s US strikes, and further escalation, putting to the test the fragile US-Iran ceasefire and the ongoing negotiations on the framework deal to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews journalists in Doha observed US Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refuelling aircraft taking off from the Qatari capital on Sunday evening, joining a number of US Air Force aircraft circling over the Gulf region near the Strait of Hormuz, as shown by the air traffic-tracking portal Flightradar24.<\/p>\n<p>Their flight pattern resembled that of the US air strikes on Iranian targets on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.8779342723004695\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/66\/85\/808x1525_cmsv2_30a5d7f6-4315-508d-a7e3-c9e31e91af82-9816685.jpg\" alt=\"US Air Force aircraft in the Gulf as of the night of 28 June 2026, screenshot\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">US Air Force aircraft in the Gulf as of the night of 28 June 2026, screenshot<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">FlightRadar24<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>US will not stand by, UN ambassador says<\/h2>\n<p>The tit-for-tat exchange of fire further brought into question the ongoing talks between the two sides, with the negotiations stalled by Sunday, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said on Sunday afternoon that \u201cif the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they\u2019re sadly mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News Sunday, the US ambassador said Washington would \u201ccontinue to, militarily, if needed, take down their infrastructure\u201d used to \u201cillegally control an international waterway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t think for a second that President (Donald) Trump isn\u2019t going to leave every option on the table, to achieve not just our aim, the entire world&#8217;s aim that Iran never has a nuke,\u201d Waltz said.<\/p>\n<p>Waltz further clarified that US-Iran talks were continuing as of Sunday afternoon and that Trump \u201cwill always give diplomacy a chance,\u201d but warned that \u201cthe president\u2019s patience isn\u2019t going to last forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi countered on Sunday, stating that &#8220;each time the enemy violates agreements or a ceasefire, it will receive a response more severe than before,&#8221; adding that Washington is &#8220;deceitful and unreliable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking at a press conference in Baghdad, said the strait would remain under Iran&#8217;s full oversight for the next 30 days and that Tehran had sole responsibility for administering the waterway under the framework deal.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s state television announced designated safe transit routes: inbound ships were directed south of Hormuz Island and outbound vessels south of Larak Island.<\/p>\n<p>The UKMTO separately raised its threat level in the Strait of Hormuz from &#8220;moderate&#8221; to &#8220;substantial&#8221; following what it described as &#8220;attacks on merchant vessels,&#8221; advising mariners of mines and naval clearance operations under way.<\/p>\n<h2>Ayatollah accuses Washington of &#8216;war crimes&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Sunday, a statement purported to be issued by Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called for US and Israeli leaders to be tried for what it called \u201cwar crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTnternational criminals, global arrogant powers and agressors\u201d must be pursued in domestic and international courts for the \u201cimposed wars\u201d on Iranians, the statement said, listing \u201cchild killings and war crimes in Minab and Lamerd,\u201d as well as other \u201cdamage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the initial salvo of the war on 28 February, when his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Khamenei has since addressed the nation solely through written statements read on state-run television. His whereabouts and condition remain unknown. <\/p>\n<p>The new wave of reciprocal strikes between Iran and the US and Tehran digging its heels in on Hormuz are putting significant pressure on the ceasefire framework. Yet both sides appear to exercise restraint in the scale of their military engagement as negotiations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday, Mojtaba Khamenei&#8217;s adviser Mohammad Mokhber warned the US that any attempt at control in the Strait of Hormuz would be \u201ca mistake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trampling the latest memorandum of understanding and returning to an aggressive posture only strengthen our resolve to stand firm,\u201d Mokhber stated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as the Strait of Hormuz remains under our undisputed control, the (US\u2019) hegemonic dreams in the region will not be realised,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a further development on Sunday, Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry announced in a statement that a Qatari national was killed in an incident at sea \u201cafter sustaining injuries from shrapnel resulting from the military operations in the area.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An Arab resident was injured\u201d and transferred to hospital, and the ministry &#8220;prays for the swift recovery of the injured individual,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the US Navy&#8217;s Joint Maritime Information Center announced a widened shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz near the Omani coast, allowing increased traffic in both directions, in a direct challenge to Iran&#8217;s assertion of sole authority over navigation in the waterway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" 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haven blacklist<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905361-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2905361\" data-cid=\"9815775\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Satellite images of Venezuela before and after the earthquakes<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">US-Iran negotiations to end the war came under severe additional pressure on Sunday after the IRGC announced that Washington&#8217;s strikes over the previous two days had &#8220;violated Clause 1 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding&#8221; and &#8220;will result in a total halt of all processes.&#8221;&#8221;From now on, violating vessels will be dealt with more strongly than in the past and will face a crushing response,&#8221; the IRGC added in a statement shared by Iranian state-run media.The immediate trigger for the weekend&#8217;s escalation was the drone attack that the US attributed to Iran on Saturday on the M\/T Kiku, a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker that was heading to the port of Fujairah in the UAE.US Central Command (CENTCOM) responded by striking 10 Iranian military targets in and near the Strait of Hormuz, including surveillance infrastructure, air defence sites, drone storage facilities and minelaying capabilities.Tehran then launched ballistic missiles and drones at the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Salman Port in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Bahrain&#8217;s Interior Ministry said Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near Bahrain International Airport. No fatalities were reported.Intensive US military flight activity above the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday evening appeared to signal preparations for a new wave of strikes on Iranian military installations, following Saturday\u2019s US strikes, and further escalation, putting to the test the fragile US-Iran ceasefire and the ongoing negotiations on the framework deal to end the war.Euronews journalists in Doha observed US Air Force Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refuelling aircraft taking off from the Qatari capital on Sunday evening, joining a number of US Air Force aircraft circling over the Gulf region near the Strait of Hormuz, as shown by the air traffic-tracking portal Flightradar24.Their flight pattern resembled that of the US air strikes on Iranian targets on Saturday night.\u00a0US will not stand by, UN ambassador saysThe tit-for-tat exchange of fire further brought into question the ongoing talks between the two sides, with the negotiations stalled by Sunday, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing a person familiar with the matter.US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said on Sunday afternoon that \u201cif the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they\u2019re sadly mistaken.\u201dIn an interview with Fox News Sunday, the US ambassador said Washington would \u201ccontinue to, militarily, if needed, take down their infrastructure\u201d used to \u201cillegally control an international waterway.\u201d\u201cDon\u2019t think for a second that President (Donald) Trump isn\u2019t going to leave every option on the table, to achieve not just our aim, the entire world&#8217;s aim that Iran never has a nuke,\u201d Waltz said.Waltz further clarified that US-Iran talks were continuing as of Sunday afternoon and that Trump \u201cwill always give diplomacy a chance,\u201d but warned that \u201cthe president\u2019s patience isn\u2019t going to last forever.\u201dIRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi countered on Sunday, stating that &#8220;each time the enemy violates agreements or a ceasefire, it will receive a response more severe than before,&#8221; adding that Washington is &#8220;deceitful and unreliable.&#8221;Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking at a press conference in Baghdad, said the strait would remain under Iran&#8217;s full oversight for the next 30 days and that Tehran had sole responsibility for administering the waterway under the framework deal.Iran&#8217;s state television announced designated safe transit routes: inbound ships were directed south of Hormuz Island and outbound vessels south of Larak Island.The UKMTO separately raised its threat level in the Strait of Hormuz from &#8220;moderate&#8221; to &#8220;substantial&#8221; following what it described as &#8220;attacks on merchant vessels,&#8221; advising mariners of mines and naval clearance operations under way.Ayatollah accuses Washington of &#8216;war crimes&#8217;Meanwhile, on Sunday, a statement purported to be issued by Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called for US and Israeli leaders to be tried for what it called \u201cwar crimes\u201d.\u201cTnternational criminals, global arrogant powers and agressors\u201d must be pursued in domestic and international courts for the \u201cimposed wars\u201d on Iranians, the statement said, listing \u201cchild killings and war crimes in Minab and Lamerd,\u201d as well as other \u201cdamage\u201d.Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the initial salvo of the war on 28 February, when his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in strikes on Tehran.The younger Khamenei has since addressed the nation solely through written statements read on state-run television. His whereabouts and condition remain unknown.The new wave of reciprocal strikes between Iran and the US and Tehran digging its heels in on Hormuz are putting significant pressure on the ceasefire framework. Yet both sides appear to exercise restraint in the scale of their military engagement as negotiations continue.Also on Sunday, Mojtaba Khamenei&#8217;s adviser Mohammad Mokhber warned the US that any attempt at control in the Strait of Hormuz would be \u201ca mistake\u201d.&#8221;Trampling the latest memorandum of understanding and returning to an aggressive posture only strengthen our resolve to stand firm,\u201d Mokhber stated.\u201cAs long as the Strait of Hormuz remains under our undisputed control, the (US\u2019) hegemonic dreams in the region will not be realised,&#8221; he added.In a further development on Sunday, Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry announced in a statement that a Qatari national was killed in an incident at sea \u201cafter sustaining injuries from shrapnel resulting from the military operations in the area.\u201d&#8221;An Arab resident was injured\u201d and transferred to hospital, and the ministry &#8220;prays for the swift recovery of the injured individual,&#8221; the statement added.On Saturday, the US Navy&#8217;s Joint Maritime Information Center announced a widened shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz near the Omani coast, allowing increased traffic in both directions, in a direct challenge to Iran&#8217;s assertion of sole authority over navigation in the waterway.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/06\/28\/iran-threatens-total-halt-to-talks-amid-intensive-us-air-activity-over-hormuz&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/66\/85\/1200x675_cmsv2_8e965eef-27c6-54b8-a1bb-84cd7cf517e1-9816685.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Informal presidents&#8217; summit in Poland amid dispute with Zelenskyy Earth News Swiss glaciers melting rapidly in June as Europe faces extreme heat Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening Sport Heavyweights Deliver a Spectacular Finish in Qingdao Europe News Informal presidents&#8217; summit in Poland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2016109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2016109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2016109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2016109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2016109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}