{"id":149754,"date":"2026-04-15T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149754"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:04:31","slug":"us-cites-optimism-over-a-deal-even-as-iran-threatens-to-shut-down-red-sea-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149754","title":{"rendered":"US cites optimism over a deal even as Iran threatens to shut down Red Sea shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe White House on Wednesday dismissed as untrue reports that the US had sought to extend a ceasefire with Iran, while confirming that discussions over a second round of in-person negotiations were under way after marathon talks in Islamabad last week ended without a breakthrough.<br \/>\nWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that discussions were under way about a further round of talks with Tehran but \u201cnothing is official\u201d, adding that the negotiations would \u201cvery likely\u201d be held&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3350225\/iran-threatens-shut-down-red-sea-shipping-unless-us-lifts-naval-blockade?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe White House on Wednesday dismissed as untrue reports that the US had sought to extend a ceasefire with Iran, while confirming that discussions&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149754"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}