It was the first time Iran has announced the closure of the key international waterway, through which 20% of the world's oil passes, since the U.S. began threatening Iran and rushing military assets to the region.

The Iranian minister, Abbas Araghchi, said both sides had agreed on a “set of guiding principles.” President Trump has called on Iran to make an immediate accord or face a possible U.S. attack.

Iran state media on Tuesday said the country’s military fired live missiles toward the Strait of Hormuz, just as Tehran and the U.S. held its second round of talks about the Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear program.

Just as the talks got underway in Geneva, Iranian state media reported that parts of the strategic Strait of Hormuz will close while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard conducts military drills.

US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are meeting with both Iranian and Ukrainian officials today in separate meetings in Geneva. Follow here for the latest.

WASHINGTON — American and Iranian negotiators have hashed out “guiding principles” for an agreement during the second round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss renewed Iran nuclear talks, rising military tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, UN reform efforts and growing concerns over China’s nuclear expansion.

Iranian and American negotiators departed their indirect talks in Geneva with an agreement to keep talking, doing little to ease fears of an impending regional war.