Iran adviser says US talks deadlocked as war risks widen A senior Iranian military adviser says talks with Washington are stuck, warning that any renewed war could spill across some of the world’s most vital shipping routes.“The negotiations are at a deadlock and Trump must break this deadlock,” Mohsen Rezaei told CNN in Tehran. “The ball is in Trump’s court.”Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said a resumed conflict could expand into the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Mediterranean.Yemen’s Houthis, backed by Iran, have so far avoided attacks in Bab al-Mandeb.