NEW: Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey are continuing talks between the US and Iran despite the incoming US naval blockade, with the ceasefire set to expire on April 21, per Axios citing a US official and a regional source.
Main details include:
1. The Turkish and Egyptian foreign ministers held separate phone calls with their Pakistani counterpart on Sunday, then both spoke to White House envoy Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi
2. A US official frames the blockade itself as “part of the ongoing negotiations,” with Trump aiming to prevent Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage
3. Vance told Netanyahu the main US demand was removing all enriched material from Iran and ensuring no enrichment “in the coming years, and that could be in decades”
4. A regional source characterizes the negotiation as ongoing: “We are not in a complete deadlock. The door is not closed yet. Both sides are bargaining. It’s a bazaar”
5. A US official says Trump is considering resuming strikes if the naval blockade does not make Iran change course
NEW: Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey are continuing talks between the US and Iran despite the incoming US naval blockade, with the ceasefire set to expire on April 21, per Axios citing a US official and a regional source.
Main details include:
1. The Turkish and Egyptian foreign…
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