The US president has prolonged the truce indefinitely until Tehran presents a "unified proposal" to end the conflict

US President Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran. The move happened just hours before the fragile two-week truce had been set to expire on Wednesday.

However, he has vowed to maintain the naval blockade, touting it as leverage to force Tehran to make a deal.

"I have directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, Vice President J.D. Vance had been expected to lead the US delegation in Islamabad, alongside Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. However, the trip was put on hold after Iranian officials said the talks were pointless as long as Washington maintained its "bullying."

The US president later claimed that Washington would not lift the blockade, because "if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!" Iran promises to "reveal new cards on the battlefield." Iranian officials have yet to formally respond to the US ceasefire extension.

Here are the latest developments:

• Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused Trump of trying to turn talks "into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering."
  
  
• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country "will not bow to coercion," while Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi described the blockade of its ports as "an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire."
  
  
• Separate talks between West Jerusalem and Beirut are set for Thursday to discuss extending their ceasefire, due to expire on Sunday, as the Jewish State continues strikes on southern Lebanon and Hezbollah reports retaliatory attacks on northern Israel.
  
  
• The Middle East conflict has triggered what IEA chief Fatih Birol has called