Day 56 of US-Israel War on Iran: Iran Top Diplomat to Travel to Pakistan For Talks; Trump Says 'No Pressure to End War'

Oil prices have soared in wake of the further increase in tensions between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz after Washington and Tehran’s captures of commercial vessels.

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Oil prices have soared in wake of the further increase in tensions between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz after Washington and Tehran’s captures of commercial vessels.

day 56 of us israel war on iran iran top diplomat to travel to pakistan for talks trump says no pressure to end war

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New Delhi: The war triggered by the US and Israel’s attack on Iran entered day 56 on Friday (April 24). US president Donald Trump has said that he is under no pressure to end his war with Iran, even though time is limited for Tehran.

“I have all the time in the World, but Iran doesn’t – The clock is ticking!” Trump wrote on social media.

Meanwhile, oil prices have soared in wake of the further increase in tensions between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz after Washington and Tehran’s captures of commercial vessels.

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