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Sir Keir Starmer has urged America and Iran to keep away from “any further escalation” after historic peace talks broke down.

The shaky two-week truce between Washington and Tehran has been thrown into doubt after the 21-hour negotiations in Pakistan ended with no long-term settlement.

US Vice President JD Vance mentioned Iran failed to supply a “long-term” dedication by no means to develop nuclear weapons.

And Sir Keir, in a name with the Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik al Said, insisted it’s “vital” there’s a “continuation of the ceasefire”.

A Downing Street spokeswoman mentioned on Sunday morning: “The Prime Minister spoke to the Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik al Said, this morning.

“They discussed the peace talks held in Pakistan over the weekend and urged both sides to find a way through. It was vital there was a continuation of the ceasefire, and that all parties avoided any further escalation, the leaders agreed.

“His majesty updated on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Prime Minister thanked him for Oman’s efforts to rescue sailors from vessels in distress in the region.

“Reflecting on international efforts to co-ordinate safe passage for shipping in the region, the Prime Minister said that following meetings convened by the Foreign Secretary and British military planners, partners continued to work towards restoring freedom of navigation for the long term.”

President Trump mentioned on Saturday that the US was “now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World”.

Several US navy vessels entered the strait, a significant delivery lane by means of which a few fifth of the world’s oil flows.

In response, an ­Iranian state information company mentioned Tehran had threatened to assault any navy ship making an attempt the journey.

The talks marked the primary time a US politician as senior because the vice-president had met face-to-face with Iran for the reason that fall of the final Shah, virtually 50 years in the past.

Mr Vance mentioned: “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America.”

Mr Vance advised reporters simply after 6am native time (3am UK) that the US delegation was leaving after placing ahead a “final and best offer” that the Iranians had “chosen not to accept”.

“So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement,” he added. “We’ve made very clear what our red lines are.”

A spokesman for Iran’s international ministry mentioned talks had been “intense” and accused Washington of constructing “excessive demands”.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran’s delegation within the Pakistan talks, says now’s the time for the US “to decide whether it can earn our trust or not”.

In a submit on X, Ghalibaf says he emphasised earlier than the negotiations that Iran had “good faith and will” however resulting from its experiences of two earlier wars it had “no trust in the opposing side”.

He says the Iranian delegation “raised forward-looking initiatives, but the opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations”.

He added: “We will not for a moment cease our efforts to consolidate the achievements of the forty days of Iran’s national defense.”

He provides that the negotiations had been “intense” and thanks Pakistan for facilitating them.