4h ago
04.00 BST
Opening
summary
Hello,
and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East, as US-Iran peace
talks in Islamabad seemingly broke down on Sunday.
After a
marathon 21-hour first day of talks, US vice-president JD Vance announced on
Sunday that his negotiating team was leaving Pakistan without reaching a deal.
Vance
said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including a commitment to
not build nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile,
Iranian state media said the talks had failed due to the US’s “unreasonable
demands”.
If you
are just joining us, here is a quick recap of the latest updates from the past
few hours:
High-stakes
negotiations between the US and Iran appeared to break down on Sunday, despite
the historic and face-to-face meetings marking the highest-level direct
engagement between Washington and Tehran in decades. The talks in Pakistan were
aimed at securing a peace agreement to end the weeks-long war. The core US
delegation was led by Vance, who has now left Pakistan.
The
Iranian foreign ministry had warned earlier that the success of this weekend’s
talks depended on Washington avoiding “excessive demands” and “unlawful
requests”. Among issues discussed were the strategic strait of Hormuz, nuclear
development, war reparations, and sanctions.
The
strait of Hormuz remains among the main points of “serious disagreement”,
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.
Israeli
prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel remains
committed to keep fighting Iran. “Israel under my leadership will continue to
fight Iran’s terror regime and its proxies,” Netanyahu wrote on social media.
Israel was not present at the US-Iran talks.
Donald
Trump told reporters outside the White House that it made “no difference” to
him if a deal was reached with Iran. “Regardless of what happens, we win,”
Trump said. “Whether we make a deal or not, makes no difference to me.”
The
latest Israeli attacks on Lebanon have pushed the death toll to more than 2,000
with more than 6,300 wounded, according to the health ministry. Earlier, the
Iranian negotiators demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon, reparations and commitment
to unblock frozen assets as part of a peace deal in a preliminary meeting with
Pakistani mediators.
The US
military says it “began setting conditions for clearing mines in the strait of
Hormuz” in an update released on Saturday afternoon, saying two navy destroyers
had transited the strait. A spokesperson for Iran’s joint military command
later denied the claim by the US military that the navy destroyers transited
the waterway.
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário