US President Donald Trump on Monday said negotiations with Iran were continuing “at a rapid pace” despite fresh exchanges of fire that have tested the fragile ceasefire between the two sides.“Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The ceasefire, reached nearly two months ago after…
Questions are mounting over whether Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is directly involved in Tehran’s ongoing negotiations with the United States, according to a report by Iran International, which cited a source close to the talks.The report said doubts have emerged over whether parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iran’s negotiating team are fully…
Lindsey Graham (AP photo) Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has once again questioned Pakistan’s credibility as a “mediator” between the United States and Iran in ongoing ceasefire parley, pointing to Islamabad’s long-standing hostility towards Israel and calling its role “problematic”.The remarks came after Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif rejected US President Donald Trump’s appeal for…
TOI correspondent from Washington: “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation,” U.S President Donald Trump said in January 2020 during his first term. It is a line that may be returning to haunt his second term administration. After weeks of military escalation against Iran alongside Israel, a chastened Trump now appears to…
