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


Misreading the Iranian regime

The Jerusalem Post

Dennis Ross to Post: If Iran deadline missed, 'reasonable' to keep talking for another 3 to 6 month

Ross, a key adviser on Iran and the Middle East during US President Barack Obama's first term, told The Jerusalem Post that there was both good and bad news in the missed deadline.

US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 27, 2015.

Iran nuclear talks will marathon past deadline

Talks under way in the Austrian capital are supposed to wrap up two years of negotiations over Iran's nuclear work.

US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 27, 2015.

Big hurdles to Iran nuclear deal as deadline looms, Western diplomat says

"At this stage it's not clear that Iran is ready to make the choices," says official on condition of anonymity.

Representatives of EU, US, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, China and Iran meet for another round of the P5+1 powers and Iran talks in Vienna, Austria on June 12, 2015.

West concerned with Iran's rhetoric ahead of nuclear deadline

​​Iran's Guardian Council passes 'red line' bill as Khamenei appears to reject key aspects of Lausanne framework.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

For Kerry, Iran deal would be a legacy hit after many misses

Critics and supporters of Kerry agree that an Iran deal would seal Kerry's legacy despite his earlier failures.

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Iran deal will foster and fund terrorism, Netanyahu tells Jewish Agency meeting

PM blasts planned Gaza flotilla, asks why supporters aren’t going to Syria.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Director-General Alan Hoffman attend the Jewish Agency Assembly in Tel Aviv.

Historic Iran talks in final act

US willing to extend talks by a few days, but by no more; Iran parliament passes critical bill limiting possible concessions; political and technical gaps remain.

The P5+1 – China, France, Germany, the US, the UK and Russia – prepare to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at nuclear talks in Lausanne.

On my mind: Nuclear Protocol

Tehran’s consistent failure to comply has been noted regularly in quarterly IAEA reports and statements by Yukiya Amano, the UN nuclear watchdog agency’s director.

Iran's FM Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) in talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.

Iranian cleric: Obama wants nuclear deal in order to become 'the hero of America'

Amad Khatami claims if nuclear deal does not pass, Obama will fall into crisis.

US President Barack Obama greets supporters in Milwaukee