Iran-Israel war updates on April 10, 2026: Trump says Strait of Hormuz will open 'fairly soon'

President Donald Trump claimed on Friday (April 10, 2026) that Iran has “no cards” in upcoming talks with the United States -- apart from Tehran’s effective stranglehold on the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping channel.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Friday (April 10) that he hoped for a “positive” outcome as he departed Washington for U.S.-Iran peace talks being held in Pakistan. “We’re going to try to have a positive negotiation,” he told reporters before take-off from Joint Base Andrews. “If the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we’re certainly willing to extend the open hand. If they’re going to try to play us, then they’re going to find the negotiating team is not that receptive.”

A former Iranian Foreign Minister who once suggested Tehran could seek a nuclear weapon died late on Thursday (April 9, 2026) after being wounded in an airstrike last week, Iranian state television reported. Kamal Kharazi had served as a Foreign Minister for Iran’s reformist President Mohammad Khatami, then as a foreign affairs adviser to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
source:thehindu.com