Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the waterway crucial to global energy supplies and complicating already faltering efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war.

Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war.

The morning assault by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came after U.S. President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire.

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling ​off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting.

Iran threatened retaliation after the seizure in the Gulf of Oman, and it wasn't clear whether Tehran would attend talks in Pakistan, with a ceasefire set to expire Wednesday.

President ​Donald ​Trump said ⁠on Tuesday ⁠that ⁠he was ​extending the Iran ​ceasefire ⁠until ⁠an Iranian proposal is submitted, ⁠and discussions are concluded.

Trump is extending a ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request. The announcement came as a two-week truce was set to expire Wednesday.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran — a day before it was to expire — as a new round of peace talks was on hold. The announcement appeared to ease fears that the fighting,