According to the New York Times, citing two senior Iranian officials, in response to the U.S. proposal for a 20-year suspension of Iranian uranium enrichment, Iran countered with a proposal for a severely reduced 5-year suspension of uranium enrichment, which was rejected by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, per a U.S. official speaking to the New York Times. Additionally, Iran refused to allow enriched material out of the country, a key U.S. demand, but instead offered to dilute it.

Note: This incident happened prior to the implementation of the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre, on April 7, 2026, a bulk carrier 112NM southeast of Ras al Hadd, Oman was struck by two unidentified projectiles that caused a fire on board. The Pakistani Navy responded to the incident and aided the vessel near the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Reuters, citing Pakistani and Iranian officials, trilateral U.S.-Pakistan-Iran talks could resume later this week in Islamabad, Pakistan. Talks are currently at a standstill following both sides’ unwillingness to budge on their respective propositions on the future of Iranian enrichment. The U.S. proposed a 20-year pause on uranium enrichment and Iran responded with a proposal for a 5-year pause, which was rejected by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

According to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, her government will not renew a defense agreement the country has with Israel that comprised of technological cooperation and military equipment exchanges, citing the situation in the Middle East.

According to Reuters, Indonesian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the Indonesian Defense Ministry warning against granting blanket flyover permission to U.S. military flights, citing the risk of friction with China in the South China Sea. The letter was delivered prior to the meeting between U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin yesterday in Washington.

Tanker (red) and container (green) ship traffic in the area of the Strait of Hormuz during the first 24 hours of President Donald J. Trump's naval blockade of Iran from MarineTraffic shows a handful of vessels made the transit through the Strait and a substantial decline in traffic inbound to ports across Iran.

Adm. Brad Cooper, the Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), has once again arrived in Israel for meetings with Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior military officials, following so far unsuccessful peace talks with Iran, and the expiration of the current ceasefire on April 21, 2026. While meeting today, Cooper and Zamir were joined by Holocaust survivor Bella Haim in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has issued a summary of the first 24 hours of the naval blockade of Iran. No ships have made it past the blockade, and 6 ships voluntarily complied with the direction to turn around. 12+ warships and 10,000 personnel are among the hundreds of assets from all branches of the U.S. military that are supporting the effort against Iran.

Reports of several explosions in the last few hours near the Parchin Military Complex to the east of Tehran, Iran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump tells Fox News that the Iran War is over.

Three people were lightly injured and multiple buildings and cars damaged when a pair of improvised liquified-gas bombs exploded earlier tonight near a security forces checkpoint on Imam Khomeini Street in the District 10 of Tehran, according to the Iranian state-run Fars News Agency.

Two Iranian crude oil tankers attempting to depart the Port of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman were intercepted by a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer earlier today, who ordered the tankers to turn around and return to port via radio communication channels, officials tell Reuters.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump spoke about ending the Iran War in a currently unreleased interview filmed Tuesday with Fox News.

Trump: “I had to divert because if I didn't do that, right now, you would have Iran with a nuclear weapon. And if they had a nuclear weapon, you would be calling everybody over there, sir. And you don't want to do that.”

Interviewer: “Well, you keep saying was, is this war over?”

Trump: “I think it's close to over. Yeah. I mean, I view it as very close to over. You know what? If I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country. And we're not finished. We'll see what happens. I think they want to make a deal very badly.”

Analysts and traders on Polymarket predict that it is unlikely U.S. President Donald J. Trump will decide to end his blockade on the coastal areas of Iran anytime soon, with chances that the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz is lifted by the end of April at only 35%, down 15% since it began on Monday.

In a statement from Adm. Brad Cooper, the Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), he states that the blockade of Iranian ports “has been fully implemented as U.S. forces maintain maritime superiority in the Middle East.” Cooper adds that since the blockade begin on Monday, roughly 36 hours ago, “U.S. forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday to rename State Road 80, a nearly 125-mile stretch of coast-to-coast state highway which runs from Lee County to Palm Beach County in Southern Florida, as President Donald J. Trump Highway, set to take effect July 1, 2026.

During an interview today with ABC News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump stated that he doesn’t believe there will be a need to extend the current ceasefire with Iran, telling Jonathan Karl that a peace deal is coming, “I think you’re going to be watching an amazing two days ahead. I really do.”