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Rubio says Iran ready to discuss nuclear deal as Tehran declares peace talks over

peace talks over Iran has agreed to negotiate aspects of its nuclear program that it had refused

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

Iran’s chief negotiator in peace talks with the US to end the war, which

US-Iran diplomacy picks up: What’s the latest?

peace negotiations with Iran are “borderline” between talks and renewed strikes. “If we don’t get the right

Islamabad prepares to host historic negotiations between Iran and the US

talks. While Iran and Pakistan stated that the ceasefire included Lebanon, the US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations

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

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

Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened

Iran and US talks brokered by [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) – but Israel has framed the talks as peace negotiations

Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of ship

peace talks** news, and [whether or not Iran will attend negotiations](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/trumps-sends-delegation-to-pakistan-for-possible-new-round-of-iran-war-talks) in Pakistan

What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it

negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it ![A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks

Middle East crisis live: Conflict continues in Lebanon despite Trump hailing Israeli-Hezbollah de-escalation

Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran). The process has been stuck in limbo for weeks under a fragile ceasefire as negotiators have been unable to agree on an initial framework for peace talks

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

peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images ![Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint near Faisal Mosque, in background, for the US and Iran talks

US strikes Iran again: What we know, and is the ceasefire over?

negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, came as Trump said peace talks were “proceeding nicely”, even as he insisted he would not agree to anything less than a substantial deal. Iran

Oil prices surge amid mixed signals on US-Iran peace talks

Iran peace talks Oil prices have risen sharply following attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and conflicting messages about the prospect of renewed negotiations

Middle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable

Iran’s foreign minister blamed Washington for the failure of peace talks. “The US approaches caused the previous round of negotiations

Iran war day 85: Tehran says major gaps remain in US talks

peace agreement. He said Iran would not publicly discuss details of nuclear negotiations after past talks

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

negotiations in the coming weeks and months. ![Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks

U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires this week with no deal in sight

talks, led by Vice President JD Vance, produced no concrete movement toward a peace deal.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1997x1997+499+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2F10%2F655c7568470dac9a4b8955a31978%2Fgettyimages-2270459652.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5783873/iran-talks-islamabad-nuclear-jcpoa) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [What's it like to negotiate with Iran

Oil price slumps as Trump says he called off Iran attacks

Iran's crude oil during the negotiations, raising hopes of progress in peace talks. Later

JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

Iran peace talks. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images Pakistan has been preparing for possible negotiations since

Trump calls Iran’s leadership ‘fractured’. Is it, and who’s in charge?

Iran that the parliamentary speaker’s suggestion that peace talks with the US were progressing was “worrying”. “There is no good in negotiation

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