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negotiation process”. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said senior officials from the four countries had also met in Islamabad earlier this week to prepare recommendations for Antalya. ## Ceasefire under strain The two-week ceasefire brokered
negotiations between Iran and the US remain [deadlocked](/news/2026/5/11/unacceptable-whats-irans-peace-proposal-that-trump-has-rejected). The US is demanding that Iran dismantle its nuclear programme and lift its restrictions on the strait. Iran has countered with calls for war reparations
negotiated with Israel. “This ceasefire is a tactical palliative, not a substitute for Iran’s strategic demand,” he said, adding that Tehran’s insistence on Lebanon being part of any broader deal, rather than handled
role in the attacks, saying it had not targeted any Gulf country since the ceasefire began. ## April 12: US naval blockade deepens tensions Four days into the ceasefire – and following the collapse of direct talks
ceasefire must also include Lebanon. It comes as a growing percentage of the American public has grown critical of longstanding US support for Israel. One Pew Research Poll released in April found that
ceasefire. But Trump dismissed it as “totally unacceptable”. Baghaei reiterated Tehran’s position on Monday. “This is absolutely not a topic we negotiate or compromise on. Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognised under
US State Department on Thursday, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Israel will “preserve its right to take all necessary measures in self-defence”, while not carrying out “any offensive military operations”. The statement
role of “adult in the room”. [A three-day visit to Tehran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/pakistan-military-chief-asim-munir-unlikely-peacemaker-iran-war) last week by Pakistan’s powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, helped produce a ceasefire in Israel’s attacks
role was played by China. They became a guarantor of the ceasefire and pledged that the US would standby the agreement and that talks would go smoothly in Islamabad. They told Iran to accept this
ceasefire. Israel has been accused of multiple war crimes since it launched ground operations in Lebanon in [mid-March](/news/2026/3/16/israeli-military-launches-limited-ground-operations-in-southern-lebanon), including that it used a “quadruple tap” method intended to maximise civilian harm from
role as an armed movement offering the only impactful resistance to Israel. The government seems unable to act, politically or militarily, for lack of funds, domestic consensus or military clout. At times it bends
ceasefire as political currency](/news/2026/4/8/defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-israel-reacts-to-trumps-iran-ceasefire) in their attacks on Netanyahu. Lapid described the truce as one of the greatest “political disasters in all of our history”, a view that appears to be in line with
negotiating position. “Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships,” the force said, a day after [US
ceasefire was agreed in April. Several thousand Iranians were believed killed in the U.S. and Israeli strikes. While Trump originally focused on the idea of regime change in the Islamic republic and the perceived threat
negotiators is under way in Washington, DC, aimed at ending hostilities, even as Israeli attacks continue across towns and villages in southern Lebanon. Here is what we know: ## In Iran - **Iran urges BRICS to condemn
negotiations as both sides announced on day 94 of the war on Iran that they traded attacks: ## In Iran - **Production
negotiations after past talks “led us into war”, while reiterating Tehran’s right to pursue peaceful nuclear energy. - **Sanctions not a priority:** An Iranian official says ending the war, lifting the US blockade and ensuring
negotiating team, said contained many lies. Later it was stressed that Araghchi had meant the strait was open only to ships authorised by the IRGC Navy and using permitted designated routes after paying the required
US and Israeli strikes on Iran. The start of the conflict sparked a new flurry of Hezbollah attacks on March 2, as part of a long-simmering conflict with Israel. Israel has responded with heavy
negotiations aimed at ending the war. However, Araghchi said a “deadlock” remained over the issue of Iran’s enriched nuclear material. Trump also suggested he could be open to Iran placing its civilian nuclear programme