The round 2 of the Islamabad talks to negotiate a peace deal between the United States (US) and Iran are expected to commence. Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Islamabad. Ahead of negotiations,

A United States naval blockade on Iran is strangling the Islamic Republic’s main economic corridors – leaving Tehran facing a looming oil storage crisis and its citizens grappling with rising food prices and surging unemployment.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is now in the capital Islamabad, but Iranian state media reports that talks with the US are not on the agenda.

Trump canceled planned Iran talks in Pakistan, citing regime infighting, as experts say Tehran's good cop, bad cop negotiating tactic has collapsed.

Meanwhile, a third US aircraft carrier, USS George HW Bush, has joined others in the region. Trump ordered to "shoot and kill" Iranian boats laying sea mines as tensions escalate.

Trump, at a standstill in negotiations with Iran, spoke in glowing terms of peace prospects for Lebanon, even as Hezbollah fired new rockets following deadly Israeli strikes

Central Command said it has intercepted 33 vessels since imposing a blockade on ships coming to and from Iran.

President Donald Trump also said he had ordered the U.S. Navy to "shoot and kill any boat" placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz.