JOINT BASE ANDREWS, United States, April 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump vowed Friday to have the Strait of Hormuz open "with or without" Iran's cooperation, and said his top priority in peace talks was to ensure Tehran can't have a nuclear weapon. "We're going to open up the Gulf with or without them...or the strait as they call it. "We will have that open fairly soon." The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world's crude passes, will loom large in the peace talks in Islamabad. But when asked what a good deal would look like, Trump said: "No nuclear weapon.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 11, 2026 02:40 UTC