U.S. Officials Outline Fallback Options for Strait of Hormuz While Participating in Mediated Talks With Iran

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear program and the status of the Strait of Hormuz will fail. “Let’s try a diplomatic solution. ” He added that the talks concern Iran’s nuclear program and keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.

Graham said he spent 4½ hours with President Trump on Friday. He described what would follow if the current negotiations collapse. “If this deal fails, President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz over by force,” Graham said.

Graham said the United States would try to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords and end the Arab-Israeli conflict in 2026. U.S. D. Vance began talks with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qailbat and Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi at a Swiss mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne.

Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar attended the session. C.