Dari Bouskaran

Regional countries are still pushing for the U.S.

and Iran to extend a shaky ceasefire to make time for renewed peace negotiations.

In remarks to reporters, U.S.

President Trump said that, quote, very good conversations were going on between the U.S.

and Iran and that they got a little cute.

For NPR News, I'm Dari Bouskaran in Van, Turkey.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation Center said one oil tanker was approached by two gunboats belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired on the ship.

In a statement released to Iranian state media, the country's National Security Council said that Iran is, quote, "...determined to exercise supervision and control over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until the war is definitively ended and lasting peace is achieved in the region."

Regional countries are still pushing for the U.S.

and Iran to extend a shaky ceasefire to make time for renewed peace negotiations.

In remarks to reporters, U.S.

President Trump said that, quote, very good conversations were going on between the U.S.

and Iran and that they got a little cute.

For NPR News, I'm Dari Bouskaran in Van, Turkey.