News about Iran, Hormuz, PSV, and Explosives (Thursday, April 9)

The United States and Iran will start talks in Pakistan on Saturday, the White House reports. President Trump is sending a team including JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner. Earlier there was a two-week ceasefire, but afterwards, new attacks occurred.

Iran wants to charge a toll in the Strait of Hormuz, various media report. According to Iranian oil exporters, that is one dollar per barrel of oil, payable in cryptocurrencies. The sea route partly reopened, but prices remain high due to damage and uncertainty.

At the celebration of PSV (a football club in Eindhoven) in Eindhoven, 93 people sustained burns from flares. The municipality says these were minor burns and no one needed to go to the hospital. Fireworks and flares were prohibited, and the municipality confiscated dozens of kilograms of fireworks.

In Amsterdam, a 20-year-old man received a fifteen-month prison sentence for using a cobra. He instructed a 14-year-old boy to use that cobra near De Pizzabakkers. Furthermore, a 19-year-old remains in custody longer in Rotterdam after an explosion near a synagogue.