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\u00a0Iran\u2018s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan\u2019s political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington.<\/p>\n
Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan\u2019s capital late Saturday, creating confusion around an expected second round of talks, but he returned to Islamabad before continuing on to Moscow, Iranian state media said. He had been in Oman, which previously mediated talks and is located on the other side of the strategic\u00a0Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Two Pakistani officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the efforts, did not say when the Americans might return to the region to follow up on\u00a0historic face-to-face talks\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The White House on Friday said it would dispatch envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad for a second round of talks. But shortly after Araghchi\u2019s departure was reported, President Donald Trump said he had called off the mission because of a lack of progress with Iran. \u201cThey can call us anytime they want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Trump last week\u00a0indefinitely extended the ceasefire\u00a0that U.S. and Iran agreed to on April 7 that has largely halted the fighting that began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28. But a permanent settlement remains elusive in the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken the global economy.<\/p>\n
Strait of Hormuz at center of Iran\u2019s discussions in Oman<\/p>\n
A standoff remains at the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global waterway, as Iran restricts movement through it and the U.S. enforces a\u00a0blockade\u00a0of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n
Iran wants to persuade Oman to support a mechanism to\u00a0collect tolls from vessels\u00a0passing through the strait, through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil flows in peacetime, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.<\/p>\n
The official, who is involved in mediation efforts, said Iran insists on ending the U.S. blockade before a new round of talks and that Pakistan-led mediators are trying to bridge significant gaps between the countries.<\/p>\n
He added that Araghchi\u2019s talks in Oman have focused on issues surrounding Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Oman\u2019s response wasn\u2019t immediately clear. Araghchi also spoke by phone with counterparts in Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Even before Saturday\u2019s developments, Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said any talks would be indirect and Pakistani officials would act as go-betweens, reflecting Tehran\u2019s wariness after rounds of indirect talks last year and earlier this year ended with Iran being attacked by the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n
Trump said Iran has offered \u2018much better\u2019 proposal<\/p>\n
The\u00a0economic fallout is growing\u00a0two months into the war as global shipments of oil, liquefied natural gas, fertilizer and\u00a0other supplies are disrupted\u00a0by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Both sides have continued to make military threats. Iran\u2019s joint military command on Saturday warned that \u201cif the U.S. continues its aggressive military actions, including naval blockades, banditry, and piracy\u201d it will face a \u201cstrong response.\u201d Trump last week ordered the military to\u00a0\u201cshoot and kill\u201d small boats\u00a0that could be\u00a0placing mines.<\/p>\n
Trump told journalists on Saturday, before\u00a0a security incident\u00a0at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, that within 10 minutes of him canceling Witkoff and Kushner\u2019s trip to Islamabad, Iran sent a \u201cmuch better\u201d proposal.<\/p>\n
He did not elaborate but stressed that one of his conditions is that Iran \u201cwill not have a nuclear weapon.\u201d The status of\u00a0Iran\u2019s enriched uraniumhas long been at the center of tensions. Tehran has 440 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency.<\/p>\n
Syed Mohammad Ali, an independent political analyst in Pakistan, said the delay in the talks must not be seen as a setback and that indirect talks were progressing. He said tensions between Washington and Tehran cannot be eased overnight and the negotiation process requires patience.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the good thing is that the ceasefire is holding, and both sides have a desire to end the conflict in a way that does not backfire at home,\u201d Ali said.<\/p>\n
A growing toll even as fragile ceasefires hold<\/p>\n
Since the war began, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran and at least 2,496 people in Lebanon, where the Israel-Hezbollah fighting resumed two days after the Iran war started.<\/p>\n
Also, 23 people have been killed in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, 13 U.S. service members in the region and six U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have been killed.<\/p>\n
Another ceasefire \u2014 between\u00a0Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant Hezbollah group, has been extended by three weeks. Hezbollah has not participated in the Washington-brokered diplomacy.<\/p>\n
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