https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-iran-talks-pause-now-disagreements-remain-2026-04-11/ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end their war despite marathon talks that concluded on Sunday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, jeopardising a fragile ceasefire.Each side blamed the other for the failure of the 21-hour negotiations to end fighting that has killed thousands and sent global oil prices soaring since it began over six weeks ago."The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America," Vice President JD Vance, the head of the U.S. delegation, told reporters shortly before he left Islamabad."So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement. We've made very clear what our red lines are."The U.S. and Iranian delegations have left Islamabad to return home, Pakistani sources told Reuters.Vance said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including not to build nuclear weapons."We need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon. That is the core goal of the president of the United States, and that's what we've tried to achieve through these negotiations."The talks in Islamabad, after a ceasefire earlier in the week, were the first direct U.S.-Iranian meeting in more than a decade and the highest-level discussions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said that "excessive" U.S. demands had hindered reaching an agreement. Other Iranian media said there was agreement on a number of issues but that the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear programme were the main points of difference.
A spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry said the talks were conducted in an atmosphere of mistrust. "It is natural that we shouldn't have expected to reach agreement in just one session," the spokesperson was quoted as saying by Iranian media.Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said it was "imperative" to maintain the two-week ceasefire that was agreed on Tuesday as the two sides attempted to wind down a war that began on February 28 with air strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran.Israeli security cabinet minister Zeev Elkin told Army Radio that more talks were still an option, but warned: "The Iranians are playing with fire."In his brief press conference, Vance did not mention reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for about 20% of global energy supplies that Tehran has blocked since the war began.Vance said he had spoken with President Donald Trump as many as a dozen times during the talks. But even as the negotiations continued, Trump said on Saturday that a deal was not entirely necessary."We're negotiating. Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me, because we've won," he told reporters.The U.S. delegation included special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Iran's team included Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
"There were mood swings from the two sides and the temperature went up and down during the meeting," a Pakistani source said in reference to an early round of talks, which began on Saturday and carried on overnight.Before the talks began, a senior Iranian source told Reuters the U.S. had agreed to release frozen assets in Qatar and other foreign banks. A U.S. official denied agreeing to release the money.As well as the release of assets abroad, Tehran is demanding control of the Strait of Hormuz, payment of war reparations and a ceasefire across the region, including in Lebanon, according to Iranian state TV and officials.Tehran also wants to collect transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz.Despite the differences in Islamabad, three supertankers fully laden with oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data showed, in what appeared to be the first vessels to exit the Gulf since the ceasefire deal.Hundreds of tankers are still stuck in the Gulf, waiting to exit during the two-week ceasefire period.Trump's stated goals have shifted, but as a minimum he wants free passage for global shipping through the strait and the crippling of Iran's nuclear enrichment programme to ensure it cannot produce an atomic bomb.Tehran has long denied seeking to build a nuclear weapon.U.S. ally Israel has also been bombing Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and says that conflict is not part of the Iran-U.S. ceasefire. Iran has insisted that the fighting in Lebanon has to stop.The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah rocket launchers overnight between Saturday and Sunday and black smoke could be seen rising in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday. In Israeli villages near the border, air raid sirens sounded, warning of incoming rocket fire from Lebanon.
The war is going to continue until the start of the next presidential term because the current administration's diplomats are all incompetent corruption-hires.
I'm not surprised, the US is desperate to get out of this war as soon as possible and Iran feels no need to budge to US demands, some of which are unacceptable to them.
>as a minimum he (Trump) wants free passage for global shipping through the strait and the crippling of Iran's nuclear enrichmentHow does he imagine Iran agreeing to either of these?
>>1505562He imagines he can get whatever he wants because US military + he's really smart.Meanwhile the reality is he stepped into a fucking tarpit.
>>1505558Don't forget the secretary of state, America's top diplomat was busy getting shit faced watching a bloodsport match in America right as negotiations collapsed.
>>1505593And they sent in JD "Say Thank you" Vance as the replacement. The guy we literally saw fuck up negotiations with Ukraine live in 4k. The guy who literally lowered Orban's election chances by campaigning for him. The guy who did a complete 180 on his Trump opinion the moment he saw a chance to become VP and likely President.Vance could legitimately fuck up a cup of coffee. He's an absolutely terrible diplomat because he comes across as an entitled dipshit at all times and seems physically incapable of compromise. He might genuinely be the worst VP of all time; at least the others just did nothing as opposed to actively blowing up US foreign policy.
>>1505559>the US is desperate to get out of this war as soon as possibleThe US may be desperate to get out, but Trump seems determined to ensure it goes on for years with his constant retarded threats of escalation because he will never admit he fucked up.
>>1505594I had an old CIO I worked for a long time ago that was probably the best contract negotiator I ever saw. His best advice to me as a new people leader dealing with vendors was that you never send a yes man to say no. It's in Vance's nature to capitulate and roll over, it's his defining trait to be a good whipping boy - you're not going to be taken seriously if that's who you're sending to the table.
>>1505595Just like Putin and BB, trump benefits from an endless military engagement, regardless of how much it costs tax payers.
>>1505595Trump is just way to impulsive and incompetent for the position he finds himself in, plus from what I understand most competent advisors are either gone or not listened to.Also it's hard to fight, let alone end, a war that you don't even have any clearly defined objectives for. >>1505602Not really, I agree that Bibi and Putin need their repsective wars fro regime security, but I don't think Trump is in the same boat. He might benefit from quick demonstration of power like Venezuela, but a forever war like Iran is bad news.I guess we'll see when the midterms come around
>>1505598>>1505594Didn't Iran specifically request to negotiate with JD? I assumed that was part of the reason. Also that he is the most isolationist of the bunch and seemingly wants nothing to do with the war so is the most likely to agree to unacceptable demands just to not have to deal with this shit anymore.
>>1505646They forgot he's also a complete retard who acts entitled to everything when it comes to diplomacy and isn't capable of accepting a deal to save his life.
>>1505646Nope, trump is specifically setting up Vance to be the fall guy when trump loses the war against Iran. Making America lose 2 wars in the middle east because of him now.https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-throws-vance-under-the-bus-with-bonkers-iran-taunt/
>>1505652He's not gonna be a fall guy, Trump is just making sure he can't escape the fallout by dragging him down with him.
>>1505658That's exactly what a fall guy is. The question is will trump still be blamed given the conservatively biased media is still doing exactly what he wants
>>1505663Fall guy would imply Vance is getting all the blame. All the blame is gonna be squarely on Trump for getting us into this shitshow; what sending Vance to inevitably fuck up negotiations does is ensure Vance can't just proclaim he had nothing to do with it. He's making sure his VP's hands are dirty too so neither he nor the party can move on from it by putting it all on Trump.
Vance, listen to me. You need to go back to the Iranians and accept the offer, you have the support of the American people and probably the military too. Trump is going to get hundreds of thousands of US service personnel killed if he can actually get them to attempt to take the strait, it's really that simple.Take the deal, let them have their toll it won't push the prices up more than 50c a barrel, and you can't stop them getting nukes now without a full invasion and total lockdown of the entire country and Iraq and that'll realistically require ~4 million troops which means conscription and it's the most unpopular war in US history.If Israel don't want to pull out of Lebanon leave them to it, cut Israel out of the peace and stop protecting them from Iran they will soon fall in line
>>1505658Trump can't fail, he can only be failedThe hilarious part was that Iran is more committed than ever to developing nukes to protect themselves against crazy retards causally threatening genocide
>>1505668That's exactly what trump is going to do Find someone else to blame for his fuck ups, that's what he always has done. If it works on the other hand is an entirely different thing.
It wasn't a fuck up, it was only ever a delaying action to move forces into position, Trump doesn't take losses. America doesn't either. These Muslims are about to learn why our president named this operation Epic Fury. We gave them a chance to surrender. They didn't take it. What happens now is entirely on them. To our military serviceman out there in the middle east: good hunting boys, we're all rooting for you.
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