US and Iran Far From Deal as Bond Rout Piles Pressure on Trump
A container vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
Photographer: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP/Getty Images
The US and Iran remained far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump expressing renewed frustration with Tehran as a selloff in global bonds heightened concern about the conflict’s economic fallout.
Trump signaled his patience was wearing thin, posting on social media Sunday that “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!”