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Iran live updates: 'Time is not my adversary,’ Trump says on securing deal

The two-week ceasefire announced earlier this month will expire on April 22.

ByDavid Brennan
Last Updated: April 20, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan earlier this month failed to reach a peace deal. The original ceasefire is set to expire on April 22.

Trump said on Sunday that U.S. negotiators would return to Islamabad on Monday for a new round of talks. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Vice President JD Vance would accompany special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, to Islamabad.

But Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday that Tehran has "no plans" to participate.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
1 hour and 45 minutes ago

Trump says blockade in Strait will remain until deal's reached

President Donald Trump wrote on social media that the U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz will not be lifted until the U.S. and Iran reach a deal.

“(This has been, in addition to everything else, Regime Change!), and perhaps, most important of all, THE BLOCKADE, which we will not take off until there is a “DEAL,” is absolutely destroying Iran,” Trump wrote.

In a separate post, the president claimed that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has “forced” other countries to come to the U.S. for oil.

“The Iranian leadership has forced hundreds of Ships toward the United States, mostly Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to get their Oil -- Thank you very much!” he wrote.

-ABC News’ Emily Chang

1 hour and 47 minutes ago

415 US troops wounded in war with Iran

At least 415 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to Defense Department data.

Last week, the total stood at 399. The rise during the ceasefire is tied to delayed reporting of injuries, especially traumatic brain injuries, in which symptoms can emerge or be recognized days later.

-ABC News’ Steven Beynon

2 hours and 9 minutes ago

Trump on securing deal with Iran: 'Time is not my adversary'

As the Iran conflict drags on, President Donald Trump insists that he is not facing any time constraints to secure a deal, pushing back on reports that say he is under "pressure."

"I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly! Time is not my adversary," Trump wrote on social media.

Hoardings are mounted on lamp posts, as Pakistan prepares to host the United States and Iran for a possible second phase of peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 20, 2026.
Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

The president insisted that he is ahead of schedule militarily.

“They like to say that I promised 6 weeks to defeat Iran, and actually, from the Military standpoint, it was far faster than that, but I’m not going to let them rush the United States into making a Deal that is not as good as it could have been," Trump wrote.

-ABC News’ Emily Chang

3 hours and 46 minutes ago

Vance expected to travel to Pakistan on Tuesday

Vice President JD Vance is expected to leave for Pakistan on Tuesday for the next round of peace talks with Iran, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the plans. The sources cautioned that the situation is fluid and plans could change.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with U.S. Vice President JD Vance during their meeting, on the day delegations from the United States and Iran are to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Office via Reuters

-ABC News’ Rachel Scott

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