US and Iran signal they’ll return for new round of | Political News
Pakistani officers have deployed additional security forces to the capital metropolis for potential talks (Image: Getty)
Two regional officers confirmed that Washington and Tehran have signaled that they’ll take part in a recent round of ceasefire negotiations in Islamabad, according to The Associated Press.
Top negotiators from both nations, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliamentary speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, are slated to arrive in Islamabad early Wednesday, according to Pakistan-led mediators, per The Associated Press. Officials in Pakistan have been encouraging spectators not to get hooked up to any timelines as journey and speak plans stay in flux.
The warring nations entered a two-week ceasefire settlement on the night of April 7, which suggests the deadline would expire this night, Tuesday, April 21. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday afternoon that he would prolong the deadline by a day to give negotiators more time to attain an settlement. He told Bloomberg News, however, that he’s “highly unlikely” to renew the ceasefire.
Trump also went on to vaguely accuse Iran of “violating” the ceasefire “numerous times” via Truth Social on Tuesday morning, without offering any particular examples.
The president has issued a flurry of contradictory statements about Iran over the past few days, sparking confusion about the standing of ceasefire negotiations.
The president threatened Sunday via Truth Social to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge in Iran” if they didn’t settle for a deal, while threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear program.
Yet, just days before, Trump told reporters that Iran had “agreed to everything,” including the removing of their enriched uranium.
However, Iran’s international ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei rejected Trump’s claims. He said, “Enriched uranium is as sacred to us as Iranian soil and will not be transferred anywhere under any circumstances,” including that “transferring uranium to the United States has not been an option.”
Greater confusion around Iran’s nuclear program got here after Trump doubled down on U.S. operations in Iran last June, having induced “a complete and total obliteration of the Nuclear Dust sites in Iran” via Truth Social on Monday.
Officials have reportedly expressed frustration behind closed doorways about Trump’s social media ways, which they really feel have undermined ongoing talks.
“The Iranians didn’t appreciate POTUS negotiating through social media and making it appear as if they had signed off on issues they hadn’t yet agreed to, and ones that aren’t popular with their people back home,” an insider told GWN.
“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats,” Qalibaf wrote Tuesday on X, including that Iran is making ready “to reveal new cards on the battlefield.”
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