The ceasefire between Iran and the United States expires on Wednesday. Both countries have given cautious indications that progress is being made in the pursuit of a peace deal, but tensions remain high.
"Trump failed to achieve his goal of carrying out regime change and destroying our offensive capabilities and our missiles, and Iran is not Venezuela," said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and speaker of parliament, in a televised speech, according to several media outlets.
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again on Saturday and is demanding that the United States end its blockade of the country's ports. US President Donald Trump has threatened to resume war if the strait is not opened.
Trump flagged during a press conference at the White House on Saturday that "there will be news" later in the day and that the United States is taking a hard line against Iran.
"We are talking to them. They want the strait closed again, the way it has been for several years," he said.
However, the Strait of Hormuz remained open until Israel and the United States launched a war on Iran on February 28. The Iranian regime responded by restricting traffic in the strait.
