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Iran is determined to implement a new fees regime in the strait that it will present as benefiting the entire region as a belated assertion of regional sovereignty. Since 13 April the US has mounted
mediating talks. “The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. - **Lebanon sees path to ‘lasting stability’:** Lebanon’s delegation
US President Trump on 21 April, that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been extended indefinitely at the request of Pakistan, as a naval blockade remains in place and diplomatic negotiations continue
US last Saturday, followed by a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian. He also met Major-General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
mediators in Pakistan, Iranian state media report. No details have been released. The US has not made details of its proposals public, either, but reports suggest they centre on a 14-point memorandum of understanding
Iran and the US”. - Instead, Baqaei said Pakistani officials **would convey messages between the delegations**. Baqaei thanked the Pakistani government for its “ongoing mediation + good offices for ending American imposed war of aggression.” - White House
Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace
mediators or more direct contacts, may be picking up that different factions are demanding different preconditions for the talks to restart. Trump at a minimum is implying that military hardliners have taken charge from
mediators a list of "red lines" for negotiations, including on nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has repeatedly said the complete eradication of Iran's atomic program is the key U.S. demand. Over
talks stall? Prospects for a [diplomatic breakthrough](/news/liveblog/2026/4/26/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-talks-under-siege-trump-cancels-envoys-trip) in the US-Israeli war with Iran appear to have dimmed, with negotiations to end the two-month conflict stalled as both Tehran and Washington show little
US may strike Iran again](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/trump-threatens-a-big-hit-if-tehran-does-not-make-deal-soon)** – a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal – but Tehran’s army **threatened to open “new fronts
talks over a deal to end the war would “probably” be held this weekend. Separately, the US president told Reuters that Washington would work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium, which he referred
Talks held in Pakistan over the weekend between JD Vance and Iranian officials failed to reach an agreement to extend the ceasefire beyond its 22 April expiry, with the US vice-president [saying](https://www.theguardian.com
mediators were getting close to an agreement on a one-page “memorandum of understanding” to declare an end to the war and begin a 30-day negotiating period for resolving disputes over Iran’s nuclear
US-Iran peace talks on April 13, 2026. **AFP via Getty Images** AFP via Getty Images The blockade is seen as a tactic to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where nearly
Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had been held back from responding forcefully to Israel’s escalation in Lebanon by Pakistani intervention urging restraint in the interests of a broader peace agreement. Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz
US intelligence assessments say Iran still has substantial missile capabilities, with about 70 percent of its mobile launchers and pre-war missile stockpile still in action, and has restored access to 30 of 33 missile
US through mediator Pakistan, Pezeshkian said, “If there is talk of negotiations, it does not mean surrender.”  People walk through a local market
mediated negotiations with the US in Islamabad, Pakistan, earlier this month, has signalled he wants to turn “victories” on the battlefield into an agreement. But under fire from hardliners, he has also cautioned that there
mediation efforts: All we know The United States military seized an Iranian container ship near the Gulf in the early hours of Monday, sending tensions spiralling hours before Washington is due to send negotiators