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

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 the country’s president, foreign minister, parliament

Iran war: What’s happening on day 58 as Tehran-Washington talks stall?

statement posted on X by US Central Command (CENTCOM), US forces intercepted a sanctioned ship linked to Iran’s so-called “shadow fleet”. - The ship, identified as the Sevan, was part of a 19-vessel

US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened

Iran’s ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back. - **The US will not renew a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea that expires this

Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar

US forces conducted self-defence strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” a Centcom spokesperson said. The statement gave no details of the attacks and said only

US sanctions Iraqi minister accused of aiding Iran oil sales

Minister of Oil, Ali Maarij al-Bahadly, for allegedly helping Iran to sell its oil. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it was taking action to increase economic pressure on Iran

Israel and Lebanon agree to conditional ceasefire

statement said, “with a view towards reaching a comprehensive agreement”. ## Iran’s reaction Earlier in the day, United States President Donald Trump said he wanted to [separate](/video/newsfeed/2026/6/3/trump-seeks-to-split-lebanon-talks-from-war-on-iran-negotiations) talks on the conflict in Lebanon

Why is Iran taking time to respond to the US proposal to end the war?

statements to back it up,” he said in a post by the Department of State on Friday. Another key sticking point is Iran’s nuclear programme. “The Iranians are not accepting to dismantle their nuclear

Middle East crisis live: Israel to continue ground operation in southern Lebanon despite agreed ceasefire

Iran. - **Iranian negotiations with the US had not been cut off but no progress had been made,** Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi told Lebanese broadcaster Al Mayadeen on Wednesday. - **Donald Trump suggested earlier there could

Trump claims on Iranian concessions trigger questions, rejections in Tehran

statement attributed to Khamenei on Saturday to mark Army Day, but made no mention of the political drama unfolding hours earlier, or the [negotiations with the US](/news/liveblog/2026/4/18/iran-war-live-tehran-says-president-trump-made-false-claims-amid-talks). The dissonance was clearly on display

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

foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Saturday, before leaving Tehran. The talks reportedly focused on a 14-point peace proposal by Iran, as well as messages between the two parties. A Qatari delegation met with Iranian

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

foreign minister Ishaq Dar met on Tuesday with the acting US ambassador in Islamabad to urge a ceasefire extension. Dar also met the ambassador from China, a key trading partner with Iran. “Pakistan has made

Pakistan ready for multi-day US-Iran talks, but Tehran unsure about joining

negotiations is foreseen” under current conditions and dismissed US statements on talks as “a media game”, aimed at pressuring Iran through a “blame game”. ![A satellite image shows the ship movement at the Strait

Trump says he does not make bad deals, but even Republican hawks doubt that now

statement issued by the foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, rejected claims in the US media that Iran had agreed to send enriched uranium abroad or to accept a cap on enrichment for 10 years. He said

Has the US accepted Iran’s demand to settle Hormuz first, nuclear later?

negotiations with the US. The trip comes eight days before Trump’s scheduled summit with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15. US officials have openly pressed China to lean on Tehran to open

Iran reviews US proposal to end war as Pakistan steps up mediation efforts

US renewing its attacks on Iran. “Believe me, if we don’t get the right answers, it goes very quickly. We’re all ready to go,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington

What we know about the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel

US continues to facilitate further direct talks with the objective of "resolving all remaining issues" The statement added that the truce was a "gesture of goodwill" by Israel intended to enable "good-faith negotiations towards

Iran’s IRGC launches retaliatory strike after US attacks

negotiations,” he said, adding that Tehran viewed Israeli ‌actions in the region, including in Lebanon, as inseparable ‌from the US. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in a post on X that “the ceasefire between Iran

Middle East crisis live: Israel targets southern Beirut as Kuwait condemns Iranian missile and drone attack

negotiating team is pulling out of message exchanges through mediators with the US over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. Tasnim further reported that [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) and what it called its “resistance front

Iran war day 101: Tensions escalate as Iran and Israel trade air attacks

negotiations and “the prospects for peace”. - **Saudi-Qatari foreign ministers speak:** Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud spoke by phone with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani

Middle East crisis live: Iran weighs Pakistan talks with US, and claims it has ‘new cards for battlefield’

statement on Monday night making assurances there would be enough electricity to ensure that US and Iranian negotiators were not plunged into darkness for the duration of their meeting. Hello and welcome to our live