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US as an existential threat like before the fighting started.” ### Scenario 4: Talks fail, and the ceasefire expires Trump’s repeated threats to restart the bombing of Iran in the absence of a deal also
Iran continued to deny. It responded with missiles and drones targeting Israel and US military and infrastructure assets in the Gulf region and the wider Middle East. On April 8, following mediation by Pakistan
failing to help the US reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Days after the war began – and after Starmer initially refused to allow US forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran – Trump
fail before negotiators reconvene in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan). The war in Iran, which is now entering its eighth week, has killed thousands and rocked the global energy market. Normally about one-fifth
US was considering options to punish Nato allies it believed had failed to support its war on Iran. BBC News has not been able to review the email. Downing Street has said that sovereignty
US President Donald Trump failed to fully recognise Iran’s power when starting a war. “The first was buried in the trenches of Khorramshahr, while the second has been afflicted with a political crisis
negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) – despite the growing economic toll inflicted
negotiations with Iran. The renewed normalisation push, however, could soften the blow for pro-Israel politicians who oppose ending the war with Iran. Since his first term as US president, Trump has made normalising Israel
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 talks failed to materialise
Iran announced a Pakistan-mediated [two-week ceasefire](/features/2026/4/8/how-pakistan-managed-to-get-the-us-and-iran-to-a-ceasefire). That came about following hectic backchannel negotiations, including direct consultations Munir held with US Vice President JD Vance, Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian
failed to achieve a breakthrough over Iran's insistence to continue its nuclear program.  to bring the warring parties closer to an agreement to stop the fighting, triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion. The process has stalled further since the outbreak
Iran, Netanyahu finally succeeded by selling Washington an “illusion”, Sheikh Hamad argued. “He convinced the US administration that the war would be short and swift and that the Iranian regime would fall within weeks
negotiations. Such behaviour is effectively like ‘stabbing from behind’”. - **Iran has denied any involvement in damage to a South Korean-operated vessel in the strait of Hormuz,** which suffered an explosion and fire on Monday
negotiations with Iran, adding that they had both agreed that all enriched uranium must be removed from Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. Iran has steadfastly refused to give up its enriched
negotiated” – has sent confusing signals on peace prospects after a largely negative reaction from US rightwing circles and anti-Tehran hawks. In a social media post on Tuesday, he vented anger at media commentators
negotiations in five months," he told reporters in Ottawa last week, and criticised him for a lack of transparency on his trade plans. "He's done absolutely nothing on this file in the last year