The White House paused plans to send Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan after Tehran held its negotiators back at the last minute.

The move has come at the request of Pakistan, the US president says, adding that Washington will continue its blockade of Iranian ports.

The announcement came as talks set to take place between U.S. and Iranian delegations in Pakistani were postponed amid uncertainty about the broad strokes of a deal.

President Trump said he's extending the ceasefire until Iran has submitted a proposal in talks with the U.S. "and discussions are concluded."

President Trump announced Tuesday that he is extending the U.S. ceasefire with Iran until Tehran comes to the negotiating table with a proposal. “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is

The capture of the tanker ship Tifani follows a Trump administration directive to interdict sanctioned vessels believed to be involved in smuggling Iranian oil.

The extension was announced just hours before it was set to expire. The president did not provide details on how long the new ceasefire extension will last.

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran on ‌Tuesday, hours before it was set to expire, to allow the ‌two countries to continue peace talks.

The pause in hostilities had been set to expire within hours. The president said Pakistan, which is trying to mediate an end to the war, requested he hold off any attacks.

Iranian officials said that new U.S. proposals were under review, but there is still no date set for the next round of negotiations with a two-week ceasefire set to expire within days.