Iran-US struggle newest: Vance’s journey to peace talks in Pakistan ‘on hold’ as Trump threatens return to combating | EUROtoday

A visit by US vice-president JD Vance to peace talks in Pakistan may very well be again on at a second’s discover if Iran’s negotiators reply in a means that President Trump deems acceptable, in keeping with The New York Times.

He had been anticipated to press Iranian negotiators for a nuclear deal, however his departure was placed on maintain after Tehran failed to answer American negotiating positions, a supply informed the paper.

Without an Iranian response, the official stated, the diplomatic course of is in impact paused, although the journey has not been cancelled.

A supply informed the paper his journey to Pakistan for a second spherical of negotiations with Iran has been placed on maintain after Tehran failed to answer American positions.

Iran says it has not but determined whether or not to renew talks with the United States.

There is ongoing uncertainty over peace talks in Pakistan because the deadline to the ceasefire looms.

With US president Donald Trump saying the present ceasefire will finish on Wednesday night native time, and it’s “unlikely” he’ll prolong it, hopes lie with talks in Islamabad.

However, Reuters is reporting that US vp JD Vance has nonetheless not departed Washington for the talks.

And now Iran’s international ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, has informed the BBC {that a} determination has nonetheless not but been made for an Iranian delegation to attend.

He stated: ““We went to this negotiation with good faith and sense of seriousness, but you have a negotiating party that has shown its lack of seriousness, lack of good faith…They’re changing their position frequently, these flip flops, threats of war crimes.”

A man has been executed on Tuesday after being accused of being a leader of a network linked to Israel’s intelligence service and setting fire to a mosque in Tehran during January protests earlier this year, according to Mizan news agency.

The man identified as Amirali Mirjafari was convicted of ​carrying out arson at the Qolhak ‌mosque ⁠in Tehran and leading anti-security activities.

Pakistan ​is still awaiting a formal response from Iran about ⁠confirmation of delegation to attend a second round of ⁠peace talks ​with ⁠the U.S. in Islamabad, ⁠the country’s Information Minister ​Attaullah ⁠Tarar said ‌in a post on X.

“Decision from Iran ‌to attend the ‌talks before the end of two weeks ⁠ceasefire is critical,” Tarar said in a post on X, adding that Pakistan has made ‌sincere efforts to ​convince the Iranian ‌leadership to ⁠participate in the ⁠second round of ‌talks.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Tehran’s parliamentary speaker and top negotiator, said Donald Trump wants to “justify renewed warmongering” by “imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire”.

“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield,” he added in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

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Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri warned on Tuesday that Israeli forces occupying parts of the country’s south would face resistance if they fail to withdraw.

Berri, Lebanon’s most senior Shia statesman and a Hezbollah ally, told Lebanese newspaper al-Joumhouria that Lebanon could not tolerate losing a metre of land.

If Israel “maintains its occupation, whether of areas, positions, or by drawing yellow lines, it will smell the scent of resistance every day,” he said.

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained largely halted on Tuesday with only three ships passing the waterway in the past 24 hours, shipping data showed.

A US blockade of Iranian ports has infuriated Tehran, prompting it to maintain its own restrictions on the strait, which had been typically handling roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply before war broke out.

The Ean Spir products tanker, which had no known flag or known ownership, sailed through Hormuz on Tuesday after previously calling at an Iraqi port, ship tracking data on the MarineTraffic platform showed.

The Lian Star cargo ship, which had no known flag or known ownership, also sailed through the strait from an Iranian port, the data showed.