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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

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

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

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

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

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

foreign minister Abbas Araghchi welcomed Asim Munir, chief of Pakistan’s defence forces, to Iran on Wednesday Photograph: EPA French president Emmanuel Macron said Aragchi’s statement was welcome, and urged the “full, unconditional reopening

Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi when he posted a statement on social media on Friday saying the Strait of Hormuz was "completely open". US President Donald Trump had immediately responded with a capitalised "THANK

What has Trump said before possible US-Iran talks and what could it mean?

negotiated with Iran.” ## Trump says Iran will ‘never close’ Strait of Hormuz Part of Trump’s social media claims appeared to be confirmed in a separate statement from Tehran. But the details showed distance between

Turkiye making efforts to revive Russia-Ukraine talks, says Erdogan

US-Iran war was “starting to weaken Europe” and that the damage from the conflict would increase if world powers failed to intervene with “peace-oriented approaches”. “Erdogan said Turkiye was working

Oil and gas prices fall nearly 10% after Iran says strait of Hormuz is open

negotiated”. The benchmark European gas contract fell by about 8.5% to €38.80 (£33.80) per megawatt hour on hopes that diplomatic progress between the US and Iran could bring an end to the conflict. Tehran

Iran warns US naval blockade threatens ceasefire

minister, Mohsin Naqvi, arrived in Iran on Wednesday as part of a Pakistani delegation after “numerous messages” were exchanged with the US [through mediators](/news/2026/4/14/pakistan-pm-headed-to-saudi-and-turkiye-amid-prospect-of-new-us-iran-talks) since the Iranian delegation returned from Islamabad on Sunday

Iran’s authorities project hardened stance with more talks on horizon

negotiations, but US President Donald Trump cancelled the trip and said, “we have all the cards, they have none” while reiterating his claim about “infighting and confusion” among Iran’s leadership. “If they want

Can Pakistan secure Iran-US nuclear compromise, as Trump says deal ‘close’?

statements suggest. “We should avoid simplistic binaries such as ‘one side is lying’,” he told Al Jazeera. “The gap visible between Trump’s remarks and the position of Iran’s foreign ministry is more

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on 24 April and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Strait of Hormuz closed again, Iran says, as ships attacked

foreign minister announced the key global shipping channel had been temporarily reopened. US President Donald Trump said Iran cannot "blackmail" the US with threats regarding the waterway, which Tehran has effectively blocked for nearly

Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes

foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had been held back from responding forcefully to Israel’s escalation in Lebanon by Pakistani intervention urging restraint in the interests of a broader peace agreement. Pakistan

Iran reasserts control of Hormuz Strait as Trump warns against ‘blackmail’

statement carried by Iran’s Student News Agency, the IRGC navy said on Saturday the strait will be closed until the United States lifts its naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports. It said