Trump announces a preliminary US-Iran agreement

Iranian and US delegations headed to Pakistan for high-level talks. Tehran publicly tied a durable arrangement to a regional ceasefire, relief from sanctions and unfreezing assets; Washington...

The two delegations held the highest-level direct US-Iran discussions in decades, mediated by Pakistan. Hormuz, sanctions, nuclear policy, war compensation and whether Lebanon belonged inside the...

After about 21 hours of negotiations, Vice President JD Vance said the talks had ended without a deal. Pakistani mediators urged both sides to keep the ceasefire. Public accounts emphasized...

Reuters reported that Pakistani officials continued passing messages after the Islamabad meeting, despite its failure to produce an accord. Iranian and US accounts differed over the sticking points,...

Following the failed talks, Washington began a naval blockade targeting vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports. The measure sought economic leverage over Iran and further internationalized maritime...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the memorandum as an important step toward stopping the fighting while saying a lasting truce still had to take shape. This public qualification...

Iran said commercial vessels could use the Strait of Hormuz for the remainder of the ceasefire, while a senior Iranian official said ships needed coordination with the IRGC. The United States said its...

As G7 leaders considered the framework, Trump warned that the United States could resume bombing if he disliked the outcome. The threat sat uneasily beside the diplomatic language of ceasefire and...

US and Iranian officials said Trump and Pezeshkian electronically signed a 14-point memorandum extending the April ceasefire by 60 days to negotiate a final truce. Iran said it was in effect. The...

G7 leaders welcomed the US-Iran agreement and called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. Their response highlighted that the conflict’s regional fronts were not automatically resolved by a...