Update: Trump makes new push in US-Iran talks

President Trump said the officials would arrive Monday evening in Pakistan, which has been mediating negotiations. Iran kept the Strait of Hormuz largely closed on Sunday and said the parties were far from a final deal to end the war.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the U.S. will continue peace talks with Iranian representatives in Pakistan on Monday — even as he continued to threaten striking civilian infrastructure in the region.

In a post to social media, the president accused Iran of violating a ceasefire and striking multiple European ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Now, Trump said, “many” ships are headed to the U.S. “to load up.”

“We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!” Trump said.

“They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.,” he continued. “IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!”

International law scholars have previously warned that strikes to civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime, though Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday appeared to defend the president’s threats.

“Look, the president’s looking for maximum leverage, maximum negotiation, maximum leverage in these negotiations,” Wright told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“A lot of their infrastructure supports only their war machine. Of course, a lot of it supports civilians as well,” he added. “But no, I’m not worried about that. Negotiations are going very well.”

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But negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have grown increasingly tense as a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues. Iran recently vowed to restrict the number of ships that can pass through the strait and mocked European Union pleas to reopen it.