Report: US-Iran talks hit stalemate over Strait of Hormuz

Trump no doubt wants a cut

Btw, why do we even need EZ Pass transponders anymore? The Turnpike is already automated. Surely the license plate cameras are cheaper and less wasteful than the rfid transponders that need batteries. (I thought there was rfid technology that didn’t need a battery too. That’s how credit cards work.)

Somebody better go back and get a shitload of dimes.

Maybe Iran could start selling Iran Gold Cards for 2 million USD for guaranteed Hormuz safe passage.

Split it 3 ways between Iran/Omen/US and you got a deal

NO! They’re merely at a stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. You know, the singular issue they came to talk about?

Well just yesterday the press was reporting that Iran wouldn't negotiate so long as Israel was in Lebanon. Days before that they were reporting Iran saying it would never agree to as ceasefire with the US. A week or two ago they were reporting Iran saying it would never negotiate with the US under any circumstances. Etc. I'd say tremendous progress as been made.

More market manipulation incoming

CENTCOM has just started clearing mines in the strait though: >TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began setting conditions for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations. >USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. “Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM. >The Strait of Hormuz is an international sea passage and an essential trade corridor that supports regional and global economic prosperity. Additional U.S. forces, including underwater drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days.

The walk across the red carpet lasted longer than the peace. The FIFA Peace Laureate delivers peace all over the world upwards of several minutes at a time.

Vance is worried about couch production

Let’s see we’ll have some strait of Hormuz unblocking, uranium enrichment ban, whatever makes sense.

And this admin is used to Demanding everything, getting nothing, compromising on nothing and then walking away while accepting every loss. Then claiming they did everything they could and won bigly.

Not just non-starters for the U.S., but non-starters for many others, as well. Hormuz: •it’s international waters (not Iranian waters) •Iran is not even the only nearby country, so it has no unique (let alone legitimate) claim to the Strait •the vast majority of the rest of the world is not okay with setting a precedent of having to pay millions or billions of dollars to any actor (whether it’s a government, a regime, a militia, a terrorist group, etc.) that just so happens to be close enough to international waters that they’re able to launch a drone or rocket at tankers or ships - they might not want to get militarily involved to stop it, but they sure as hell are not okay with it Enrichment: •there is overwhelming agreement across countries (and within most of the West, Israel, and the Gulf, who are the most directly threatened) that it’s not acceptable for Iran to pursue enrichment in light of their decades-long history of promising mass destruction and death to multiple other countries (along with funding and coordinating mass casualty terror attacks through their state proxies) •they’ve been caught violating conditions of previous agreements (exceeding enrichment and having undeclared/hidden facilities) and it’s also just come to light that they’ve been lying about their maximum missile range (progress toward ICBMs) •much of the basis for “deterrence” (of nuclear warfare) hinges entirely upon the concept of “mutually assured destruction” - that doesn’t play well with radical clerics and mullahs who think that life is a pre-show for the all-important afterlife (the best privileges of which are reserved for those who die as “martyrs”/in war) •it would be a massive setback to regional and global nonproliferation efforts since other Gulf states have stated that they feel they would have no choice but to obtain their own nuclear weapons Lebanon: •the vast majority of Lebanese citizens want Hezbollah to be disarmed (79% as of late 2025 polling) •even the Lebanese government itself has repeatedly agreed to disarm Hezbollah as part of past peace agreements, but they’ve made zero progress toward doing so, so they’re in breach (and have been for quite awhile, actually) •the Lebanese government has tried to cut ties with Iran/IRGC and remove IRGC officials from their country (which Iran refuses to respect) - *they* themselves don’t want IRGC’s influence (or the instability and casualties that it brings) •no state/regime has the right to establish, train, direct, fund, and command a militia/terror group in another country, especially a country where the vast majority of citizens (and government officials) want them gone - this isn’t just the Iranian government throwing some cash/guns to a rebel group, they literally *are* Hezbollah (except for the expendable rank-and-file), as they provide over 80% of their funding and essentially all of their intelligence/cash/weapons/direction through elaborate, expensive smuggling operations via the IRGC Quds Force •Iran provides a minimum of hundreds of millions (sometimes up to *tens of billions*) of USD in funding (to Hezbollah and other proxies combined) *each year*, and has for many years, all while Iranian infrastructure and society have crumbled and Tehran runs out of water (well before this war) - the Iranian people themselves would overwhelmingly like their government/money to gtfo of Lebanon (and everywhere else), but they can’t say it without being shot in the streets or hanged from a crane

I mean, Iran should lose Hezbollah in Lebanon. They just use it to torment Israel and couldn't give two fucks about the Lebanese people who live there.

Why the U.S. and Israel are giving Iran the chance to present themselves as the protectors of Lebanon is beyond me.

its basically going back to the status quo before Israel/US bombed Iran

If only there were already a deal in place and everyone could travel through the Strait of Hormuz without issue that didn't need a war to trigger any dissatisfaction in said deal

Can we tariff the war?

Always possible that Iran see negotiating with Vance as an opportunity to throw Trump under the bus 😂

The negotiations were doomed to failure from the start.

Trump doesn’t like not being in the spotlight so he may be getting testy with ships in Hormuz

Honestly Vance has been against this war behind the scenes. We can say all the jokes we want but he’s in a difficult spot between Trump and his own personal positions on these matters.

I love the media that describes the situation as "Iran controls the Strait" Being able to deny access to something is not the same as controlling it, otherwise any country that borders the Strait could do the same as Iran and claim control.

Lots of contradicting news regarding that event to be honest.

Bold emphasis in below quote is mine, no pun intended. "U.S. Forces Start Mine Clearance Mission in Strait of Hormuz TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces **began setting conditions for clearing mines** in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations. USS..." [https://imgur.com/a/gwqIdKE](https://imgur.com/a/gwqIdKE) Full post: [https://imgur.com/a/GtiVMvh](https://imgur.com/a/GtiVMvh) via [https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2043005033600479516](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2043005033600479516) Note that these new LCS ships doing the mine sweeping are - at least as reported by multiple journalistic sources citing experts and publicly available information such as from reports from the GAO - seemingly far less effective at mine sweeping as prior generational mine sweepers and haven't been proven in real world tests yet: [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5766222/mines-persian-gulf-strait-navy-lcs](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5766222/mines-persian-gulf-strait-navy-lcs) Lets hope that is a wakeup call to the U.S. Navy.

the ships are warned by Iran to turn back

How exactly does that contradict the article?

Correct, islamic republic is an occupying and illegitimate military junta without sovereignty that massacres its own people; speak Arabic when our language is Farsi; has tried to erase our culture and imposed islamo-fascism on us; and has been committing human rights violations on us for decades; and only in January indiscriminately massacred 30,000 of us in the streets in a span of days. No one hates the islamic republic more than Iranians. It’s no wonder the islamic republic can’t engage in diplomacy. Their eschatological belief is mahdiism and they’ve spent decades cultivating an empire of sadism and death, so diplomacy has not factored in there. Edit: Ah yes, downvoted for explaining the crimes against humanity of the islamic republic from an Iranian’s perspective with real examples of what they have done and highlighting its incompatibility with not just human coexistence but also specifically Iranian culture in response to the above poster. Fickle in your sense of misplaced justice, aren’t you all?

Trump and Republicans are going to absolutely try to interfere with election results to hold power.

Much can happen in the intervening.