Kat Lonsdorff

is intercepting ships coming to or from Iran, as Iran is maintaining military control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Most ships in and around the strait are not moving, and neither side appears to be budging.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Beirut.

U.S.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were supposed to travel to Islamabad.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi left Pakistan earlier today after Iranian officials made it clear they only plan to meet with Pakistani officials, not with the U.S.

Iran has dismissed Trump's unilateral extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire as, quote, meaningless, saying the continued U.S.

blockade on Iranian ports is in violation of that agreement.

The U.S.

is intercepting ships coming to or from Iran, as Iran is maintaining military control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Most ships in and around the strait are not moving, and neither side appears to be budging.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Beirut.

President Trump has said that he is sending a delegation to Islamabad in Pakistan where those talks are supposed to happen.

But as of now, Iran has not confirmed that it will be participating.

Yesterday, Trump said that a ceasefire extension between the U.S.

and Israel and Iran is, quote, highly unlikely, but also said that he's not under pressure to make a deal and that one with Iran will happen, quote, very quickly.

Meanwhile, Iran's parliamentary speaker said Tehran is, quote, prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield.

NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reporting.

Driving around southern Lebanon, destruction from Israeli air and drone strikes is everywhere.

Crumpled bridges, tops blasted off high-rise apartments, whole buildings toppled to the ground.