Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.
President Trump has suggested that a second round of talks between the U.S.
And Iran could happen in Pakistan.
Yesterday, he also said the conflict could soon end.
But NPR's Quill Lawrence says the U.S. Military is still building up forces in the region.
The U.S.
Is blocking ships from exiting or entering Iranian ports and strangling Iran's economy that way.
That blockade.
Is an act of war.
But in this case, it's really maybe just part of the negotiations with Iran.
Yesterday's Pentagon news briefing maybe aimed to sort of push these negotiations.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegs has said that the blockade is the polite way this can go.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reporting.
Meanwhile, the leaders of Britain and France are holding a meeting with other countries' leaders about how to protect
shipping when the strait just opens.
Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister has just posted online that the Strait of Hormuz is, quote, completely open.
He says this is for the remaining period of the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire.
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says his country is cautiously optimistic about potential peace talks with the U.S.
He also says the U.S. Has betrayed past diplomatic negotiations.
Reporter Duri Bouskarin spoke with Iranians who are crossing the border into Turkey.