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warring sides on April 8, and later hosted the highest-level talks between the US and Iran since 1979 on April 11-12. During this visit to Iran, unnamed Pakistani sources told the Anadolu news
negotiators to Pakistan, the country that is mediating between the longtime adversaries. With neither Washington nor Tehran showing much willingness to soften their positions, prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough in the US-Israeli war
negotiations would be going ahead over the weekend as planned. The conflict, which began when Israel and the US attacked Iran in late February, has left thousands dead and caused global economic devastation. Iran
mediation appears bolstered by optimistic comments from US President Donald Trump, who said the world should brace for an “amazing two days” as the war with Iran is close to over. Trump also said
war, now in its eighth week. But while Pakistani officials close to the mediation efforts remain cautiously hopeful that Iran might send a negotiating
war? US media outlet Axios said the two sides were “getting close” to an agreement on a 14-point document. Under the memorandum, Iran would agree not to develop a nuclear weapon and halt enrichment
mediation has failed to bring diplomatic progress in more than a month since Islamabad brokered a ceasefire in the Iran war, with the negotiating
war and reopen the strait of Hormuz. Talks between the US and Iran have progressed in the past few days, mediated by other Middle Eastern countries. [Marco Rubio](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/marco-rubio), the US secretary
Iran’s authorities and state media project that they are less interested than before the war in negotiations with the United States if they go beyond their accepted terms, as mediated
Iran submitting a peace proposal, she said, after Trump on Tuesday said he was indefinitely [extending the ceasefire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/trump-resume-bombing-iran-ceasefire) at the request of mediator Pakistan until Tehran responded to the US’s negotiating
mediators in Iran on Friday, and on Saturday, Trump spoke with the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to discuss “regional and international efforts to stabilise the ceasefire”, according to a statement
mediating peace negotiations, but Iran "has not yet reached a conclusion, and no response has been given to the U.S. side," Iranian state TV reported. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed Middle East
Iran’s ports and considers advancing its “[Project Freedom](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/6/what-happened-to-trumps-project)” operations, while saying the ceasefire reached last month remains in place. ## Internal focus on talks with US The different aspects of the mediated negotiations with
negotiations. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, also held a phone call on Thursday with Ishaq Dar, his Pakistani counterpart. Iran’s official IRNA news agency divulged no information about its content, saying merely that
war on Iran is “very close to over”. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later said that further negotiations would likely be held in Islamabad, calling Pakistan-mediated
war to an end. Trump signalled [progress in the negotiations](/news/2026/5/6/has-the-us-accepted-irans-demand-to-settle-hormuz-first-nuclear-later) on Wednesday, but at the same time threatened to resume bombing if Tehran did not accept the US plan. Iran played down reports that
negotiations between Tehran and Washington in Pakistan, and will be raised in any potential future talks with the US and mediators. The government has said it is still assessing the extensive damage dealt to [Iran
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. 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
mediation between the warring sides – flew to China, Iran’s top trading partner, for a four-day visit in which efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis are expected to be discussed. The [regional war](/news/2026/5/23/iran-war-day-85-tehran-says-major-gaps-remain-in-us-talks