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Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” to help vessels leave the strait began on Monday. - ****Shipping incident reported:**** A cargo vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile
talks may resume:** Trump said negotiations with Iran could resume in Pakistan “within days”, though uranium enrichment remains the main sticking point. The US is reportedly seeking a 20-year halt, while Iran has proposed
Iran’s nuclear programme. The official noted that “he doesn’t love the proposal”. Citing two people familiar with the matter, US media outlet CNN reported that Trump was unlikely to accept the proposal
negotiations to end the war with Iran. “Not even a little bit,” Trump said. “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran: They can’t have a nuclear weapon
team during the first round of 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
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However
negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad ended inconclusively. Since then, the prospects of further talks have been in limbo – with Iran insisting that the US needed to lift the blockade before it would
Iran. General Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, gave a broad sense of the negotiations during congressional testimony in March. He said the US was seeking to open new bases, but the sources
negotiations, citing the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. Here is what we know: ## In Iran - **Trump’s Hormuz order:** President Trump vowed the US would destroy any vessel laying mines in the Strait
Iran, Hezbollah’s longtime benefactor, has more leverage to negotiate on its behalf. But others oppose the talks simply because they believe the Lebanese state has little leverage and because Israel rarely delivers or upholds
team during 21 hours of failed discussions with Iran earlier in the month, which collapsed after Iran would not agree to US demands to end nuclear enrichment and hand over its 440kg of highly enriched
talks, which lasted two hours and 15 minutes. “If mishandled, the two nations could collide or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a highly perilous situation,” Xi added. With Trump
talks with the US were progressing was “worrying”. “There is no good in negotiation except harm,” one critic said. But Ghalibaf has defended undertaking negotiations with the US. In a televised interview on Saturday
team was [being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/27/us-humiliated-iran-leadership-trump-merz) to secure an end to the ongoing war and a reopening of the strait of Hormuz. “The Iranians are obviously very skilled
team – including Vance and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state: continued economic pressure on Iran to open the strait while waiting for Tehran to provide a unified response to US offers for a ceasefire deal
talks as acceptable only as recognition of Iranian power, has stressed that guarantees must be obtained so any long-term deal is not dependent on “trusting” the US, and said sanctions, assassinations
talked about is signed, the damage will be even worse. The billions that will flow into the regime’s pockets will go a long way.” At the beginning of the war Israel’s security elite
talks between Washington and Tehran, said Iran had agreed to “zero accumulation”, “zero stockpiling” and full verification of its existing stockpile by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran’s existing stockpile, the Omani minister
negotiations take place. Since the US and Israel started the war by attacking Iran in late February, Trump has claimed nearly 40 times that a deal with Iran was imminent. But after months of lurching
talks with the US in Islamabad reinforces the point. Even when diplomatic channels are open, the system appears unable or unwilling to commit. Control over the Strait of Hormuz is Iran's most immediate source