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The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran’s parliament speaker signaling a final peace deal remained “far” off despite some movement in negotiations.As mediation efforts continued following high-level talks in Pakistan that failed to reach a deal, Iran said it will not allow the crucial maritime trade chokepoint to re-open until the United States ends a blockade of Iranian ports.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said in a televised address on Saturday night that there had been “progress” with Washington “but there are many gaps and some fundamental points remain.”“We are still far from the final discussion,” said Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s negotiators in the talks aimed at ending the war launched by Israel and the United States against the Islamic Republic.A two-week ceasefire is set to end on
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