Trump extends Iran ceasefire with Tehran regime ‘seriously fractured’

The effective closure of the vital supply route during the conflict has inflicted a global economic shock and sent energy prices soaring.

Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

US President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not ​clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the US ally in the two-month war, would agree.

Mr Trump said the blockade of the country’s ports would remain in force.