Iran adviser says US talks deadlocked as war risks widen

“Iran adviser says US talks deadlocked as war risks widen A senior Iranian military adviser says talks with Washington are stuck, warning that any renewed war could spill across some of the world’s most vital shipping routes. “The negotiations are at a deadlock and Trump must break this deadlock,” Mohsen Rezaei told CNN in Tehran. “The ball is in Trump’s court.” Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said a resumed conflict could expand into the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Mediterranean. Yemen’s Houthis, backed by Iran, have so far avoided attacks in Bab al-Mandeb.

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