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Iran live updates: Trump says Iran 'informed' the US that it's in a 'state of collapse'

Trump said Iran is asking the U.S. to lift the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026, 1:35 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.

Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of the blockade until Iran's proposal is submitted and discussions are concluded "one way or the other."

6:29 AM EDT

US achieved none of its goals in Iran, Araghchi says

Speaking to a reporter in St. Petersburg during his visit to Russia, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. had achieved none of its goals and was therefore asking for negotiations -- a request Araghchi said Iran is "considering."

Regarding bilateral Iranian-Russian relations, Araghchi said the two countries are "strategic partners" and that cooperation between them would continue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attend talks at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 27, 2026.
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-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian and Joe Simonetti

5:22 AM EDT

CENTCOM says it intercepted vessel trying to reach Iran on Sunday

U.S. Central Command said in a post to X on Monday that the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepted the M/T Stream vessel "after it attempted to sail to an Iranian port" on Sunday.

4:48 AM EDT

Satellite images show ships seized by Iran at anchor in Strait of Hormuz

Iran relocated two seized cargo vessels -- the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas -- to anchor positions close to Hormuz Island in the northern part of the Strait of Hormuz close to the Iranian coastline, according to satellite imagery taken on April 27.

This satellite image shows the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz on April 27, 2026.
Copernicus Sentinel 2

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the seizure of the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz last week, accusing the vessels of "attempting to secretly exit the Strait of Hormuz" without coordination with Tehran.

The satellite images were captured by the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

3:28 AM EDT

Bessent predicts that Iranian oil pumping 'will soon collapse'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post to X on Monday that Iran's oil industry is "creaking" under the pressure of the U.S. naval blockade, predicting that the country's ability to pump oil "will soon collapse."

"While the surviving IRGC Leaders are trapped like drowning rats in a sewage pipe, Iran's creaking oil industry is starting to shut in production thanks to the U.S. BLOCKADE," Bessent wrote.

"Pumping will soon collapse. GASOLINE SHORTAGES IN IRAN NEXT!" he added.

This screen grab taken from a screen recording of the MarineTraffic website on April 21, 2026, shows a data visualization of maritime traffic in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman from April 18 to April 20.
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