US says they’re talking, Iran says they’re not. Who’s telling the truth?
Critics say Trump's claim of negotiations is a tactic to calm the market, but could the Iranians be ready to talk?
US says they’re talking, Iran says they’re not. Who’s telling the truth?
Critics say Trump's claim of negotiations is a tactic to calm the market, but could the Iranians be ready to talk? Grouped from 17 articles across 9 sources.
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Is the US talking to Iran’s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and who is he?
Iranian leaders, including Ghalibaf, have denied that talks with the US are under way.
JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks
Diplomatic sources say negotiations may begin in Islamabad next week, though no formal agreement is in place Middle East crisis – live updates Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says his country is ready to “facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks” to end the war in the Middle East amid attempts to push Islamabad as a possible venue for negotiations between the US and Iran. Pakistani sources said the US vice-president, JD Vance, was being put forward as a probable chief negotiator from the US side if talks went ahead. Iranian sources have said they would refuse to sit down with Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, or Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who led the nuclear negotiations with Iran before the war . Continue reading...
Pakistan ‘ready to host US-Iran talks’: Can latest peace push work?
Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt are trying to broker talks. Analysts caution the chasm between the US and Iran remains wide.
Despite Trump’s peace talk claims, US-Israeli attacks continue to hit Iran
Huge explosions were heard in Tehran and other cities, as Iran denied it held talks with the US to end the war.
Iran war: US and Iran at odds over peace talks
Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt are emerging as potential regional mediators. Follow DW for more.
Who actually runs Iran right now? The key power players as Trump claims talks to 'top' official
Analysts say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has emerged as Iran's dominant force, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's grip on power reportedly uncertain after recent strikes.
As Trump touts progress in Iran peace talks, a new go-between gains influence
Pakistan is joining a growing list of countries acting as go-betweens for the United States and Iran, four sources told NBC News, with two of those sources saying an in-person meeting could be held in the coming days in Islamabad
Trump says Iran ‘wants peace’ after US military did ‘great job’
US President Donald Trump says ‘there’s a very good chance of a deal’ to end the US-Israel war on Iran.
Pakistan steps up as go-between in Trump’s Iran crisis
Military strongman Asim Munir uses Tehran ties and warm relationship with US president to boost mediation effort
US markets surge after Trump announces he’s postponing strikes on Iran
Major US financial markets opened higher after US President Donald Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran.
Pakistan offers to host diplomatic talks, but Iran vows to fight ‘until complete victory’
Air strikes batter Tehran and Iranian missiles and drones target Israel and sites across the Mideast
Iran conflict tests Pakistan amid own border clashes as Islamabad touted as venue for US-Tehran talks
Pakistan, the only nuclear-armed Muslim state, faces mounting pressure as its Saudi defense pact and Iran ties clash amid the intensifying regional war.
Qatar is not directly mediating between US and Iran, ministry spokesperson says
March 24 - There is no direct Qatari mediation between the United States and Iran, but Doha supports all formal and informal diplomatic channels to end the war, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Trump says US and Iran have 'major points of agreement,' including no nuclear weapons
President Trump, after postponing U.S. strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure, said talks with Iran will continue and that there are "major points of agreement."
Surprise US talks with Iran’s fractured leadership offer uncertain path out of conflict
Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at first dismissed talks took place, insisting Trump’s claim was ‘fake news’ designed to soothe markets Middle East crisis – live updates The backchannel talks between Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, were not a secret in the sense that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry had tweeted that conversations were under way on Sunday, 24 hours before Donald Trump’s late Monday deadline to start blowing up Iran’s energy infrastructure. But such is the chaos surrounding the process that the discussions – thought to be well short of negotiations – may have lasted longer than Sunday, with more than one mediator, as is often the case, jostling for the title of peacemaker in chief. Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, for instance, spoke with Trump on Sunday, while Pakistani prime minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, held talks with Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Monday. It is possible Pakistan could become the venue for further talks that this time would include JD Vance, the vice-president, a private sceptic about the war. Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, was right to warn not to bank on an early end to the conflict. Continue reading...
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Senior Iranian officials deny that Iran held talks with the US
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