Middle East crisis live: Bessent claims US could reach Hormuz deal with Iran by tomorrow

Comments from US Treasury secretary come despite statements from Iran denying that any negotiations are taking place Here are some pictures on the newswires from Gaza, where a funeral was held for 112 Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in November 2023. Gaza’s Civil Defense agency said it recovered th

WASHINGTON — The US could lock down a deal with Iran as soon as Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and let commercial ships sail freely again, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed.“We are in talks with the Iranians,” Bessent said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Tuesday morning. “There is a chance we may have a...

The US president said he would ‘hold off any attack’ after being asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East.