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Middle East crisis live: Iran says ‘fundamental’ issues’ still to be resolved with US amid strait of Hormuz impasse

talks between the US and Iran last weekend in Pakistan, the Iranian deputy foreign minister

Iran war: What’s happening on day 57 as US envoys head to Pakistan?

Pakistan](/news/liveblog/2026/4/25/iran-war-live-tehrans-fm-in-islamabad-us-says-envoys-to-travel-for-talks) on Saturday for talks with Iran, the White House has said, while Iranian Foreign Minister

No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield

Iran’s foreign minister, [returned to Pakistan](https://x.com/IrnaEnglish/status/2048408533671334367) for a second consecutive days of talks

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who said he was “delighted” to welcome the field marshal and expressed gratitude for Pakistan’s “gracious hosting of dialogue”. On Thursday, Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran

Iran-US war: Four scenarios for what’s next as talks stumble

Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026 [Jacquelyn Martin/AP] ## Scenario 1: Talks happen and achieve a temporary deal Pakistan has been aiming

Mediators push to extend U.S.-Iran ceasefire

talks was Iran's refusal to commit to abandoning its nuclear ambitions. ![In this photo released by Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, welcomes Pakistan

Iran hosts Pakistani delegation amid diplomatic flurry to avert new US strikes

Pakistan’s army chief, Syed Asim Munir, also met Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Saturday, before leaving Tehran. The talks

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

foreign ministers. It is understood he stressed that Iran did not regard the Pakistan-led process as exhausted even after [21 hours of intensive talks

Trump cancels US envoys’ trip after Iran’s Araghchi leaves Pakistan

Iran’s Araghchi leaves Pakistan United States President Donald Trump has announced that his envoys would not be travelling to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials after Foreign Minister

Pakistan PM, army chief wrap up key trips in push for more US-Iran talks

Pakistan’s “unwavering resolve to facilitate a negotiated settlement… and to promote peace, stability and prosperity,” the military said ahead of expected US-Iran talks in Islamabad in the coming days. Munir held talks with

Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan

talks in Pakistan The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said any US-Iran agreement to end the war **must include “very detailed” measures to verify Tehran’s nuclear activities.** “Iran

Iran weighs US peace proposal despite ‘deep and significant’ disagreements

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar – who have played a crucial role in mediation between the warring sides – flew to China, Iran’s top trading partner, for a four

Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes

talks in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) scheduled for Saturday. Pezeshkian vowed Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. According to Iran’s deputy foreign minister

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

Pakistan in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations with [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) amid a fragile ceasefire, though the prospect of direct talks remained uncertain. The White House said emissaries Steve

Middle East crisis live: US targets Iranian boats amid tense push for control of strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tried to “interfere” with Trump’s operation. - **Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Monday’s events showed there was no military solution to the crisis**. He said peace talks were progressing

Trump doubts shooter motivated by Iran war as peace talks on hold

talks. Trump on Saturday cancelled the U.S. negotiating team's planned second trip to Pakistan shortly after the Iranian foreign minister left, telling reporters he'd rejected a new peace proposal from Iran

Push to bring US and Iran together for peace talks as ceasefire deadline looms

talks – the highest-level negotiations between the US and Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A spokesperson said foreign minister Ishaq Dar met on Tuesday with the acting US ambassador in Islamabad to urge

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Israel and Lebanon to hold talks Thursday; US hits Iran’s oil sector with new sanctions

Pakistan’s army chief met with Iran’s foreign minister in Tehran** on Wednesday in the latest diplomatic move to ease Middle East tensions and arrange a second round of US-Iran negotiations. Trump said

Iran considering US proposal to end war, official says

Pakistan's foreign minister said his country was "endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war". President Donald Trump said the US has had "very good talks with Iran

Iran war: What is happening on day 52 of the US-Israeli conflict?

Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, as Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, left, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, third left, and Charge d'Affaires