Pakistan calls on Iran and US to keep the ceasefire after talks end without agreement

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called connected Iran and the United States to support their committedness to support a ceasefire aft the countries ended historic, face-to-face talks without an agreement.

“It is imperative that the parties proceed to uphold their committedness to ceasefire,” Dar said.

Pakistan volition proceed to play a mediating relation and effort to facilitate dialog betwixt Iran and the U.S. successful coming days, Dar said.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier communicative follows below.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran ended a historical circular of face-to-face talks aboriginal Sunday without reaching an statement and the destiny of the fragile, two-week ceasefire inactive unclear.

Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during the 21 hours of talks successful Pakistan's superior Islamabad, said negotiations finished without a woody aft the Iranians refused to judge American presumption to refrain from processing a atomic weapon.

There was nary contiguous remark from the Iranian delegation oregon the Pakistani mediators.

The discussions began Saturday, a fewer days aft a fragile ceasefire was announced arsenic the warfare that has killed thousands of radical and shaken planetary markets entered its seventh week.

Vance said helium remained successful changeless connection with U.S. President Donald Trump and others successful the medication during the negotiations.

“But the elemental information is that we request to spot an affirmative committedness that they volition not question a atomic weapon, and they volition not question the tools that would alteration them to rapidly execute a atomic weapon,” Vance told reporters. “That is the halfway extremity of the president of the United States. And that’s what we’ve tried to execute done these negotiations.”

The vice president said helium spoke with Trump “a fractional twelve times, a twelve times, implicit the past 21 hours” and besides spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Adm. Brad Cooper, caput of the United States Central Command.

“We were perpetually successful connection with the squad due to the fact that we were negotiating successful bully faith,” Vance said, speaking astatine a podium successful beforehand of a brace of American flags with peculiar envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to his side. “And we permission here, and we permission present with a precise elemental proposal, a method of knowing that is our last and champion offer. We’ll spot if the Iranians judge it.”

Two Pakistani officials, who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to little the press, said a 3rd circular of discussions betwixt the delegation heads had finished and the talks would resume aft a break.

Then the U.S. vice president addressed the press, announced determination was nary statement and went to the airdrome to permission Pakistan.

Trump had said helium would suspend attacks against Iran for 2 weeks. Vance’s comments did not bespeak what volition hap aft that clip play expires oregon if the ceasefire volition stay successful place.

US says its destroyers moved done the Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. subject said 2 destroyers transited the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz up of mine-clearing work, a archetypal since the warfare began. Iran’s authorities media, however, said the associated subject bid denied that.

“We’re sweeping the strait. Whether we marque a woody oregon not makes nary quality to me,” Trump told journalists arsenic talks continued and the clip approached 2 a.m. successful Islamabad. He called negotiations “very deep.” Iranian authorities TV noted what it called “serious” differences.

The U.S. delegation led by Vance and the Iranian 1 led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf discussed with Pakistan however to beforehand the ceasefire already threatened by heavy disagreements and Israel's continued attacks against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah successful Lebanon, whose wellness ministry said the decease toll has surpassed 2,000.

Since the Islamic Revolution successful Iran successful 1979, the astir nonstop U.S. interaction had been successful 2013 erstwhile President Barack Obama called recently elected President Hassan Rouhani to sermon Iran’s atomic program. Obama's caput of state, John Kerry, and counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif aboriginal met during negotiations toward the 2015 Iran atomic woody — a process that lasted good implicit a year.

Now the acold broader talks featured Vance, a reluctant defender of the warfare who has small diplomatic acquisition and warned Iran not to “try and play us,” and Qalibaf, a erstwhile commandant with Iran's almighty Revolutionary Guard who has issued immoderate of Iran's astir fiery statements since warring began.

Iran sets ‘red lines’ including compensation for strikes

Iran’s state-run quality bureau said the three-party talks began aft Iranian preconditions, including a simplification successful Israeli strikes connected confederate Lebanon, were met.

Iran's delegation told authorities tv it had presented “red lines” successful meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, including compensation for harm caused by U.S.-Israeli strikes that launched the warfare connected Feb. 28 and releasing Iran’s frozen assets.

The warfare has killed astatine slightest 3,000 radical successful Iran, 2,020 successful Lebanon, 23 successful Israel and much than a twelve successful Gulf Arab states, and caused lasting harm to infrastructure successful fractional a twelve Middle Eastern countries. Iran's grip connected the Strait of Hormuz has mostly chopped disconnected the Persian Gulf and its lipid and state exports from the planetary economy, sending vigor prices soaring.

Reflecting the precocious stakes, officials from the portion said Chinese, Egyptian, Saudi and Qatari officials were successful Islamabad to indirectly facilitate talks. The officials spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon the delicate matter.

In Tehran, residents told The Associated Press they were skeptical yet hopeful aft weeks of airstrikes near demolition crossed their state of immoderate 93 cardinal people.

“Peace unsocial is not capable for our state due to the fact that we’ve been deed precise hard, determination person been immense costs,” 62-year-old Amir Razzai Far said.

In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” fueling the war.

US sending forces to assistance mine-clearing connected the strait

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has proved its biggest strategical vantage successful the war. Around a 5th of the world’s traded lipid had typically passed done connected implicit 100 ships a day. Only 12 person been recorded transiting since the ceasefire.

On Saturday, Trump said connected societal media that the U.S. had begun “clearing out” the strait.

“Today, we began the process of establishing a caller transition and we volition stock this harmless pathway with the maritime manufacture soon,” U.S. Central Command commandant Adm. Brad Cooper aboriginal said. The U.S. connection astir the destroyers added: "Additional U.S. forces, including underwater drones, volition articulation the clearance effort successful the coming days.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Tehran was entering negotiations with “deep distrust” aft strikes connected Iran during erstwhile talks. Araghchi, portion of Iran’s delegation successful Pakistan, said Saturday that his state was prepared to retaliate if attacked again.

Iran’s 10-point connection up of the talks called for a guaranteed extremity to the warfare and sought power implicit the Strait of Hormuz. It included ending warring against Iran’s “regional allies," explicitly calling for a halt to Israeli strikes connected Hezbollah.

The United States’ 15-point connection includes restricting Iran’s atomic programme and reopening the strait.

Israel and Lebanon volition person nonstop negotiations

Israel pressed up with strikes successful Lebanon aft saying determination is nary ceasefire there. Iran and Pakistan person disagreed.

Negotiations betwixt Israel and Lebanon are expected to statesman Tuesday successful Washington, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s bureau has said, aft Israel's astonishment announcement authorizing talks contempt the countries deficiency of authoritative relations.

But arsenic thousands successful Lebanon protested the planned negotiations connected Saturday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said helium had postponed a planned travel to Washington “in airy of the existent interior circumstances.” His lack should not impact talks arsenic the archetypal circular is expected to beryllium astatine the ambassadorial level.

Israel wants Lebanon's authorities to presume work for disarming Hezbollah, overmuch similar was envisaged successful a November 2024 ceasefire. But the militant radical has survived efforts to curb its spot for decades.

Hezbollah joined the warfare successful enactment of Iran successful the opening days. Israel followed with airstrikes and a crushed invasion.

The time the Iran ceasefire woody was announced, Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes, sidesplitting much than 300 radical successful the deadliest time successful Lebanon since the warfare began, according to the country's Health Ministry.

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Castillo reported from Beijing, and Finley and Binkley from Washington. Josh Boak successful Washington, Samy Magdy successful Cairo, Cara Anna successful Lowville, New York, and Christopher Weber successful Los Angeles contributed.

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