Israel-Iran war LIVE updates: U.S., Iran talks extend into second day as strait showdown deepens

Members of the media work as a screen displays news with an image of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, at a media centre set up for the coverage of the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026.
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Negotiations between the United States and Iran appeared to have concluded for now, Iran’s government said early on Sunday (April 12, 2026), after ‌a series of talks in Pakistan to end the six-week war between Washington and Tehran.

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The talks in Islamabad were the first direct U.S.-Iranian meeting in more than a decade ⁠and the highest-level discussions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The outcome could determine the fate of the fragile two-week ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about 20% of global energy supplies that Iran has ‌blocked since the war began. The conflict has sent global oil prices soaring and killed thousands of people.

The White House said the talks, already reaching 15 hours, extended well beyond midnight. Negotiators met away from public view in the suite of a luxury hotel, with journalists from around the world waiting without news at a convention center. The Trump administration had not ‌yet commented on whether the negotiations had concluded and what, if any, differences remain.

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