{"id":317605,"date":"2026-04-12T18:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=317605"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:21:30","slug":"us-and-iran-end-ceasefire-talks-without-agreement-and-blame-one-another-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/us-and-iran-end-ceasefire-talks-without-agreement-and-blame-one-another-national\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Iran end ceasefire talks without agreement and blame one another – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ISLAMABAD (AP) \u2014 America and Iran ended face-to-face talks on Sunday without an agreement, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire unsure.<\/p>\n

U.S. officials said the negotiations collapsed over what they described as Iran\u2019s refusal to commit to abandoning a path to a nuclear weapon, while Iranian officials blamed the U.S. for the breakdown of the talks without specifying the sticking points.<\/p>\n

Neither side indicated what’s going to occur after the 14-day ceasefire expires on April 22. Pakistani mediators urged all parties to keep up it. Each said their positions were clear and put the onus on the opposite side, underscoring how little the gap had narrowed throughout the talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see an affirmative commitment that they’ll not seek a nuclear weapon, and they’ll not seek the tools that might enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,\u201d Vice President JD Vance said after the 21-hour-long talks.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who led Iran within the negotiations, said it was time for america \u201cto make a decision whether it may possibly gain our trust or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn’t mention the core disputes in a series of social media posts, though Iranian officials earlier said the talks fell apart over two or three key issues, blaming what they called U.S. overreach.<\/p>\n

Iran has long denied in search of nuclear weapons but has insisted on its right to a civilian nuclear program. Experts say its stockpile of enriched uranium, though not weapons-grade, is barely a brief technical step away.<\/p>\n

For the reason that U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, it has killed no less than 3,000 people in Iran, 2,020 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and greater than a dozen in Gulf Arab states, and caused lasting damage to infrastructure in half a dozen Middle Eastern countries. Iran\u2019s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has largely cut off the Persian Gulf and its oil and gas exports from the worldwide economy, sending energy prices soaring.<\/p>\n

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