Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

As President Trump threatens to block ships in and out of the strait of Hormuz,

after peace talks in Pakistan failed this weekend, Iran says it won't surrender to threats.

U.S. officials say the blockade starts tomorrow.

MPIRS-D. Harvaz has more from Van Turkey.

Speaking to Iranian

state media, Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohamed Bharay Golibov, who participated in the negotiations,

said such threats have no effect on the Iranian nation. And Iran's Navy commander, Ami,

said that they are closely monitoring U.S. movements in the region,

and he also called President Trump's threats, quote, very ridiculous and funny. In addition to the

naval blockade, President Trump on Sunday said that the U.S. would begin destroying mines

laid by Iranians in the Strait of Hormos and added that Iranians would be, quote,

blown to hell if they fired at the U.S.

Over the past two weeks, President Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's infrastructure,

bomb the country, quote, back to the Stone Age, and to wipe out its entire civilization in one night.

D. Parvas, NPR News, Vaughn, Turkey.

Russia and Ukraine are each accusing the other of violating a 32-hour ceasefire. The leaders of both countries had agreed to the truce to mark

the Orthodox Christian Easter holiday. NPR's Charles Mainz has more.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the ceasefire from 4 p.m. Saturday through

end of Easter Sunday, a proposal to which Ukrainian president, Florida Muzolensky, agreed.

Yet the Russian side accused Ukraine of launching overnight drone attacks on several border

regions, injuring civilians, and Ukraine blamed Russia for waves of drones and shelling that

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