Iran negotiations

Trump, Pakistani sources say US-Iran talks could begin Friday as ceasefire extended - report

The New York Post reported that US President Donald Trump, when asked via text message about the possibility of talks happening on Friday, said: “It’s possible!”

US President Donald Trump speaks about research into mental health treatments in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026.
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Polymarket forecast low chances of ceasefire being extended even after Trump's announcement

US President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026.

US-Iran ceasefire to be extended until Iranian officials submit 'unified proposal,' Trump announces

US President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, April 16, 2026.

'Do them no harm!' Trump calls for Iran to stop execution of women as start to negotiations


Iran top negotiator says nuclear talks to pause for a few days

The indirect US-Iran talks on bringing both sides back into full compliance with the deal are in their seventh round.

 Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives for a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.

Israel must work to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions - editorial

Israel’s goal is to prevent Iran from producing sufficient enriched uranium to become a nuclear threshold state.

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021.

Iran’s nuclear strategy - opinion

It is obvious to deduce that Iran has been proceeding apace with its nuclear program in defiance of the deal.

 IRANIAN, BRITISH and Russian representatives await the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna on Monday.

Iran starts enriching with advanced centrifuges while stalling in Vienna talks

Negotiations between world powers and Iran to restore the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in Vienna for the first time in over five months.

 Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria November 29, 2021.

Iran backtracks on previous months of nuclear talks

Iranian officials continued to maintain that the talks are about lifting US sanctions, as opposed to their country’s nuclear program.

 Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives for a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.

Sen. Risch: Negotiating a return to the JCPOA is 'waste of time'

“I am very much in disagreement when they say [returning to the JCPOA] is the only way. To me, it's the only way for [Iran] to reasonably go forward to get the bomb, which is what they want.”

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Iran nuclear crisis coming 'soon' - opinion

It is important to realize the seriousness of Iran’s move to put everyone against the wall.

 IAEA DIRECTOR-GENERAL Rafael Grossi speaks at a news conference during a Board of Governors meeting in Vienna in September.

Mixed Israeli signals about renewed US talks with Iran - analysis

This schedule of meetings speaks of a government not quite sure how to deal with an American administration obviously keen on restoring the nuclear deal with Iran.

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021.

IAEA announcement on Iran inspections status delayed due to mixed signals

The way that the different statements were made public in an uncoordinated fashion seemed to indicate some real substantive differences between the various Iranian officials.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019

What is behind Iran’s foreign policy stalemate? - opinion

Iran considers its regional influence as its winning card. Weakening Iran’s influence in the region’s countries will directly impact the outcome of the JCPOA negotiations.

IRANIAN FOREIGN Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference in Moscow in 2019.