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US-Iran Talks Target Strait Reopening, Deal Still Pending

5/25/2026

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US-Iran Talks

U.S. and Iran agreed on 24th to reopen Strait of Hormuz and address uranium, with a deadline to finalize deal.
Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh said on 25th topics are concluded yet no deal is imminent.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that negotiations are incomplete, urging representatives not to rush.
Hossein Nooshabadi said draft would end war, lift blockade, open Strait and release frozen assets.

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Netanyahu Calls Ceasefire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a meeting to assess U.S.-Iran memorandum forces a cease-fire with Hezbollah and delays Iran nuclear talks.
Israel was excluded from summit that included United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan.
Envoy Steve Witkoff urges President Donald Trump not to restart war and notes Iran will surrender enriched uranium stockpile, though memorandum leaves method for talks.

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Pakistan Mediates Ceasefire

Pakistan led mediation by hosting high-level meetings in Tehran with U.S. and Iranian leaders.
The draft memorandum proposes a three-phase plan: cease-fire, reopening the Strait, then a thirty-day window for talks.
U.S. President Donald Trump consulted Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the cease-fire plan.
A formal announcement after Eid al-Adha aims to stabilise global energy markets disrupted since February.

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US-Iran Talks

U.S. and Iran agreed on 24th to reopen Strait of Hormuz and address uranium, with a deadline to finalize deal.
Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh said on 25th topics are concluded yet no deal is imminent.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that negotiations are incomplete, urging representatives not to rush.
Hossein Nooshabadi said draft would end war, lift blockade, open Strait and release frozen assets.

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