Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a potential second round of negotiations with Iranian officials should a meeting happen before the ceasefire expires next week, sources told CNN. Follow for live news updates.

The US and Iran are looking to arrange a second round of peace talks in the coming days, while a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz worsens a global energy crisis and complicates diplomatic prospects.

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's blockade went into effect,

It comes after the first round of negotiations between the US and Iran in Pakistan last weekend ended without a deal.

The US and Iran are looking to arrange a second round of peace talks in the coming days. In the meantime, the US is pressing ahead with a naval blockade of Hormuz to curb the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, as the battle for control of the strategic waterway intensifies. That sent oil prices falling sharply.

The Iran war is generating lessons for the military about the role that space plays in conflicts, Gen. Stephen Whiting, the top leader of the U.S. Space Command, said at an industry event Tuesday. One example: The war has demonstrated that even a “medium power like Iran” will look to target U.

Trump officials are internally discussing details for a potential second, in-person meeting with Iranian officials before a ceasefire expires, a source familiar with the talks told CNN, though it’s unclear whether such a meeting would materialize.

Fighting continued in southern Lebanon between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, even as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats met in Washington. The war in Lebanon has threatened to undermine the U.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior advisor Richard Goldberg describes the further economic difficulties Iran could face in a prolonged war with the United States on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’