Live Updates: Trump threatens to bomb Oman with Iran war stuck in stalemate as 60-day negotiation period ends

What to know about the Iran war today: Monday marks 60 days since the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding that called for a wider peace deal to be negotiated within that timeframe. After multiple flare-ups and suggestions of an imminent accord, there do not appear to be any concrete plans to end the 24-week war. President Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with Iran, according to Fox News. Earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran had reached an agreement with Oman regarding future shipping routes in the strait.

2:53 PM — Trump: Iran won't "make the kind of deal that I feel is necessary": Speaking in the Oval Office Monday, President Trump said Iran wants to make a deal, but "they're not going to make the kind of deal that I feel is necessary." "Look, we're in there for one reason: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," he said. He didn't say anything more about where negotiations stood. Monday marked the end of a 60-day negotiating period, agreed to by the U.S. and Iran in a memorandum of understanding, for a wider peace deal.

2:42 PM — Trump says U.S. can handle Oman "very easily": Asked if he was out of patience with Oman by a reporter in the Oval Office Monday, President Trump said, "No, I don't think they behaved very well, but we'd handle them very easily, just like we do other things." The exchange comes after a Fox News correspondent said Mr. Trump told him the U.S. would bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with Iran.

9:39 AM — IRGC rejects Trump's claim of backchannel talks with U.S. as a "delusion": Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohbehi on Monday denied President Trump's claim that Washington was engaged in backchannel discussions with Iran's IRGC over the war. "There are no talks taking place between IRGC officials and the Americans, and this lie by Trump is merely fantasies caused by the delusions and nightmares he has suffered as a result of defeat and desperation in the war," Mohbehi was quoted as saying by Iran's semi-official Tasnim News agency. He said the IRGC "speaks its word on the battlefield," while "diplomatic matters fall within the remit of other parts of the Islamic Republic." "According to the information we have and based on the statements of the respected officials of the Foreign Ministry, even in this area, no talks are currently taking place with the Americans because of their broken promises and the dark experience of repeated and continual U.S. breaches of commitments," insisted Mohbehi.

8:07 AM — Trump says he has no schedule and he's "not in a hurry" to end the Iran war: President Trump told Fox News' Trey Yingst on Monday that he has "no time schedule" to end the war with Iran, but that the Islamic Republic should "put up the white flag of surrender," according to Yingst. "I'm not in a hurry," the Fox journalist quoted the president as saying. Mr. Trump repeated his assertion to Yingst that "the midterms have nothing to do with my thinking" on resolving the war, which the U.S. and Israel launched jointly with a first wave of strikes on Iran on February 28. Mr. Trump told Fox there was a direct backchannel between U.S. officials and members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but he didn't elaborate on any ongoing talks, saying only that the Iranians are "good poker players, but they're dying."

7:44 AM — Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way": President Trump told Fox News on Monday that the U.S. would bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with Iran, according to the network's Trey Yingst. "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the s*** out of them," Trump said, according to Yingst's recounting of his conversation with the president. Earlier, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters Tehran had struck an agreement with Oman regarding shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, but did not elaborate. Iran and Oman have held talks for weeks aimed at creating a mechanism to manage the strategic waterway in the future, with both having suggested at times that fees may be imposed for ships to use the strait. No concrete plans have been formally announced.

5:20 AM — Iran downplays significance of 60-day negotiation period ending: Iran's foreign ministry has downplayed the importance of the 60-day period of negotiations agreed to in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., which is due to expire Monday. During his weekly news conference, ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran would not alter its policies due to external pressure or deadlines, adding that the period designated for negotiations was not being implemented due to ongoing U.S. strikes against the country. "What was included in the memorandum [...] is not being implemented," he said. "We did not commence negotiations because the United States began violating the memorandum shortly after its June 18 signing," Baghaei said. "Therefore, the 60-day issue essentially has no relevance."

1:38 PM — CENTCOM: U.S. redirected 64 vessels, disabled 3, boarded 2: The U.S. military as of Monday has redirected 64 commercial vessels under its naval blockade on Iran, according to U.S. Central Command. It has disabled another three vessels and boarded two, CENTCOM said on X.

11:45 AM — Traffic falls in Strait of Hormuz, say maritime monitors: Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell last week, according to two maritime monitors. Crossings through the key waterway fell 19.5%, according to Marine Traffic and Kpler, declining from a high of 19 on Aug. 11 to just three on Aug. 16.