The U.S. push to start high-stakes talks with Iran has hit a snag just days just after the two countries agreed to reopen negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program and get oil traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz
June 19, 2026
Pakistani mediators spent weeks juggling late-night calls and competing drafts before a Qatari push
June 19, 2026
Does Trump’s understanding with Iran count as a ‘deal’?
June 18, 2026
Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
June 14, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining
June 05, 2026
Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the U.S. to halt their war but has not communicated with Washington for a few days,
June 02, 2026
Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, and U.S. stocks ticked to more records
June 01, 2026
Iran on Monday blamed the slow pace of efforts to end the U.S.-Iran conflict on a lack of trust, contradictory positions from Washington and continued Israeli attacks in the
June 01, 2026
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Washington on Friday for talks with U.S.
May 29, 2026
Iran’s nuclear stockpile — a key part of negotiations to end the war and a focus of Trump’s — explained
May 29, 2026
A hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad is believed to have seized a place near the center of power as negotiations with the United States hang in the balance
May 21, 2026
President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a planned military strike on Iran at the request of several allies in the Middle East because “serious negotiations” are underway
May 18, 2026
Israel is worried that Trump will strike a ‘bad deal’ with Iran, leaving war objectives unmet
May 13, 2026
While Washington and Tehran argue over a deal to end the attacks on
May 12, 2026
Oil prices could rise further if U.S.-Iran talks remain thorny, Citi said, though inventory drawdowns, Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases, reduced Chinese imports, weaker demand
May 09, 2026
US and Iran closing in on agreement aimed at ending war, source says
May 06, 2026
U.S.
May 01, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive
April 21, 2026
European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that
April 19, 2026
Iran could let ships sail freely through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz without risk of attack under proposals it has offered in
April 16, 2026
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April 08, 2026
Mediation efforts to halt the war in Iran were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight
April 08, 2026
Iran's top diplomat has held talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva before a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran
February 16, 2026
The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week
February 14, 2026
As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama's presidential center opens in Chicago
Pakistani Kashmir faces shutdown as protests leave more than 20 dead
Israel steps up Lebanon attacks with strikes that kill 15
Burnham's 'King of the North' tactics will be clipped if he becomes UK PM
UK runs much bigger than expected budget deficit in May
ECB’s Wunsch keeps July hike in play even as Iran deal eases energy prices
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