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key delegations were due to arrive on Thursday night and Friday morning. On the US side, the White House confirmed their negotiating team would be led by vice-president JD Vance, with special envoys Steve
ceasefire talks, writing on social media early Wednesday, there would be “[NO MORE MR. NICE GUY](/news/2026/4/29/no-more-mr-nice-guy-trump-threatens-iran-to-get-smart-in-peace-talks)“. Here are some key moments from Hegseth’s hearing. ## $25-billion pricetag Speaking alongside Hegseth, Jules Hurst
figures at the table led indirect talks before the conflict, another key Iranian negotiator has been permanently silenced. ## The absent negotiator Just weeks before the war broke out, [Ali Larijani](/features/2026/3/3/who-is-ali-larijani-the-iranian-official-promising-a-lesson-to-the-us), the secretary of Iran
key figures in Iran, and are they ‘fractured’ over talks with the US? ### Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Khamenei is the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli
ceasefire extension. Dar also met the ambassador from China, a key trading partner with Iran. “Pakistan has made sincere efforts to convince the Iranian leadership to participate in the second round of talks and these
ceasefire as a prerequisite – similar to the Iran and US talks brokered by [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) – but Israel has framed the talks as peace negotiations with Hezbollah’s disarmament as a priority, with
ceasefire. Hassan Ahmadian, an associate professor of west Asian studies at the University of Tehran, denies there are any fractures in the country’s leadership. “The Iranian political system is very institutionalised. Name another system
key role in Iran talks presents him with a thorny predicament As a man who wears his Christian beliefs on his sleeve, [JD Vance](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jd-vance) is no doubt acutely conscious of Jesus Christ
key enrichment facilities, to start enriching again. In the 2015 talks Obama conceded Iran could enrich for 15 years, but only at the level of purity required for a civilian nuclear programme – 3.67%. The agreement
figure in Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/03/asim-munir-pakistan-army-chief) and has good relations with Trump, who has called him his “favourite field marshal”, and with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. A Pakistani official said on Tuesday that he expected
key hurdle before any second round of talks was “whether the US is willing to ease pressure enough to make diplomacy credible and whether Iran is willing to curb its leverage enough to keep talks
Iran on February 28, killing more than 2,000 people so far. A ceasefire was signed last week; diplomatic efforts are under way to end the war. Trump has also frozen foreign assistance to South
ceasefire agreement. “If we pay more attention to what President Trump does rather than what he says, then a ground invasion is quite likely,” said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis
key Iranian demand, hopes were raised that the United States and Iran could resume talks in the coming days aimed at reaching a permanent end to the war in the Middle East
talks, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said a full ceasefire could only work if the US naval blockade is lifted. Analysts say the blockade is hurting Iran but believe the country has the economic and political will