{"id":101184,"date":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/101184\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","slug":"us-strikes-iranian-tanker-amid-reports-washington-and-tehran-near-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/101184\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes Iranian tanker amid reports Washington and Tehran near deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, even as Washington and Tehran appeared to move closer to a tentative agreement to end their two-month war, with US President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/donald-trump?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> warning that renewed bombing could begin if Iran rejects the proposed deal.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The strike highlighted the fragility of a ceasefire that has largely held since April 8, as both sides combined military pressure with diplomatic efforts to reopen critical energy shipping routes through the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump said Iranian officials were eager to reach an agreement with Washington.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe\u2019re dealing with people that want to make a deal very much, and we\u2019ll see whether or not they can make a deal that\u2019s satisfactory to us,\u201d he told reporters at the White House. \u201cWe\u2019ve had very good talks in the last 24 hours, and it\u2019s very possible we\u2019ll make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-16lwkd e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775647535_142_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">01:31<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire amid Pakistani mediation efforts<\/p>\n<p>US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire amid Pakistani mediation efforts<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But the president also threatened a sharp escalation if talks collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, even as Washington and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[211,2747,383,262,38,6433,444,34,27423,35355,49,650,101,69,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-101184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-abbas-araghchi","9":"tag-axios","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-esmail-baghaei","14":"tag-gulf-of-oman","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-iranian-foreign-ministry","17":"tag-isna","18":"tag-middle-east","19":"tag-pakistan","20":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","21":"tag-tehran","22":"tag-us-central-command"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116529451823566324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}