After handing Mojtaba a ‘win,’ spooked US threatens new blockade, more military strikes

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtab Khamenei endorsed direct negotiations with the U.S. late Thursday in a statement read by state media.

The US lifted its blockade of Iranian ports on Thursday after US President Donald Trump and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an interim peace deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Oil Is Flowing Through Hormuz After Interim US-Iran Peace Deal

He cited falling gas prices, restored maritime security, and Iran's degraded military as signs of the deal's success.