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Peace talks in doubt as U.S. seizes Iranian ship

April 20, 2026, ahead of anticipated US-Iran peace talks. **Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images** Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images --- ## Talks or no talks? Preparations to host Iranian and U.S. negotiating teams were underway

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

2026. Regional mediators continue efforts to extend the US-Iran ceasefire after talks in Islamabad ended without agreement on 11 April, while Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif begins visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey

Iran-US war: Four scenarios for what’s next as talks stumble

April 11, 2026 [Jacquelyn Martin/AP] ## Scenario 1: Talks happen and achieve a temporary deal Pakistan has been aiming to get the US and Iran to agree to multiple days of negotiations

Iran warns of readiness for war and economic costs as US talks falter

2026. The demonstration follows an announcement by US President Trump on 21 April, that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been extended indefinitely at the request of Pakistan, as a naval blockade

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

April 21 2026, amid a ceasefire in the region. With the end of a two-week ceasefire approaching, the White House said US Vice President was ready to return to Pakistan for fresh negotiations

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

negotiations. ## Pakistan’s diplomatic orchestra  Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan calls on Prime

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

Pakistan.  ## Sticking points remain The path to a second round remains complicated by unresolved disputes. Iran has insisted that Lebanon

Pakistan races against time to get Iran back to US talks as truce end nears

April 19, 2026 [Handout/CENTCOM via Reuters] Muhammad Khatibi, a political analyst based in Tehran, said Iran’s position had been consistent throughout, as Iran believes that as long as it cannot export

Iran's flurry of diplomacy, as Trump insists U.S. has 'the cards'

April 24, 2026, Iranians are seen at Suru Beach in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. **Razieh Poudat/AFP via Getty Images** Razieh Poudat/AFP via Getty Images ## Who has "the cards'"? While in Pakistan, [Iranian

How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

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, he has also cautioned that there will

Trump says peace talks could resume in days as U.S. military blocks Iranian ports

US-Iran peace talks on April 13, 2026. **AFP via Getty Images** AFP via Getty Images The blockade is seen as a tactic to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where nearly

As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms, here are the main sticking points

US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. **Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe** Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe Officials in Islamabad say the city remains ready to host the talks, though Pakistan's government

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

April 8 truce](/features/2026/4/8/how-pakistan-managed-to-get-the-us-and-iran-to-a-ceasefire). An oil facility in Fujairah was struck, wounding three Indian workers. Iran denied involvement. The US and Iran each claimed they had hit the other’s ships, and each denied

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

Pakistan, released April 25, 2026 [Seyed Abbas Araghchi via Telegram/Handout via Reuters] ## No nuclear talks? Iranian state media reports indicate that the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports is undermining the ceasefire extended

Iran war: What is happening on day 47 of the US-Iran conflict?

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 five. Disputes over the Strait

How Iran raised Hormuz stakes by capturing ships

2026-1772714221](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/INTERACTIVE-Strait-of-Hormuz-March-2-2026-1772714221.png?quality=80) ## Iran’s first Hormuz move Since the IRGC’s announcement on March 4 of its decision to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s formal position – until recently

Pakistan scrambles to salvage US-Iran diplomacy as ceasefire faces collapse

April 11. Pakistan said both Iranian and US aircraft used the base. “The Iranian aircraft currently parked in Pakistan arrived during the ceasefire period and bear no linkage whatsoever to any military contingency or preservation

Pakistan’s mediation faces limits as Iran-US tensions deepen

April 8 ceasefire in the US-Israel war on Iran. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day visit, meeting President Masoud Pezeshkian, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni

India to Iran: How two wars shaped the rise of Pakistan’s Asim Munir

negotiations, including direct consultations Munir held with US Vice President JD Vance, Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. On April 11, Munir welcomed the Vance-led US delegation

What’s in Iran’s latest proposal – and how has the US responded?

April 2026 [Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA] However, a central feature of Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait to all traffic is that discussions over Iran’s nuclear activities would be postponed until after the war ends