US President Trump says no Iran talks; naval blockade remains

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The US President Donald Trump posted on his social network that “there are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated.”

In the meantime, Politico reported that the Trump administration is intensifying its economic pressure on Iran.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reported that a US official said that there is no contradiction in the White House statements regarding negotiations with Tehran, saying that positive discussions took place with Iran. However, Trump decided to wait until Iran “is ready to make a deal.”

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the New Zealand Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.06%	0.09%	0.11%	0.15%	0.28%	0.44%	0.19%
EUR	-0.06%		0.04%	0.07%	0.10%	0.23%	0.41%	0.14%
GBP	-0.09%	-0.04%		0.02%	0.07%	0.19%	0.39%	0.11%
JPY	-0.11%	-0.07%	-0.02%		0.04%	0.17%	0.34%	0.07%
CAD	-0.15%	-0.10%	-0.07%	-0.04%		0.12%	0.31%	0.04%
AUD	-0.28%	-0.23%	-0.19%	-0.17%	-0.12%		0.18%	-0.09%
NZD	-0.44%	-0.41%	-0.39%	-0.34%	-0.31%	-0.18%		-0.26%
CHF	-0.19%	-0.14%	-0.11%	-0.07%	-0.04%	0.09%	0.26%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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