India, April 11 -- US President Donald Trump persisted with his tirade against Iran from his social media account, even as the two sides were holding talks in Pakistan with Vice President JD Vance representing the American administration on Saturday. Trump's tirade came around the same time the US appeared to have attempted a move on the Strait of Hormuz, the key oil-transport waterway that Iran has blockaded for massive geopolitical leverage.

Trump, who was at the White House, first fired a claim of Iran "losing big" on his Truth Social account.

In the post, he claimed that "the only thing they (Iran) have going is the threat that a ship may 'bunk' into one of their sea mines" in the Strait of Hormuz. He then said "all 28 of their mine...