{"id":324068,"date":"2026-04-24T22:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=324068"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:15:24","slug":"top-iran-official-heads-to-pakistan-for-talks-as-u-s-waits-for-good-deal-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/top-iran-official-heads-to-pakistan-for-talks-as-u-s-waits-for-good-deal-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Iran official heads to Pakistan for talks as U.S. waits for \u2018good deal\u2019 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran\u2019s top diplomat was heading Friday to Pakistan, where officials have been attempting to get the US and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations.<\/p>\n

The trip comes as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz, clouded the worldwide economic picture and left 1000’s dead across the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that he was on his approach to Pakistan, Oman and Russia on a visit focused on \u201cbilateral matters and regional developments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House didn’t immediately reply to questions on Araghchi\u2019s trip and whether a U.S. delegation would also travel to Pakistan.<\/p>\n

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete\u00a0Hegseth, speaking around the identical time the news emerged,\u00a0told a briefing\u00a0that Iran had a likelihood to make a \u201cgood deal\u201d with the US.<\/p>\n

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Islamabad has sought to reinject momentum into the negotiations between Iran and the US, which didn’t resume this week as had been expected.<\/p>\n

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Individually Friday, the White House said President Donald Trump issued a 90-day extension to\u00a0the Jones Act waiver, making it easier for non-American vessels to move oil and natural gas.<\/p>\n

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Trump first announced a 60-day waiver in March in a move intended to stabilize energy prices and ease oil and gas shipments to the U.S. following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

\u201cLatest data compiled because the initial waiver was issued revealed that significantly more supply was capable of reach U.S. ports faster,\u201d the White House post on social media said.<\/p>\n

The worth of\u00a0Brent crude oil,\u00a0the international standard, retreated on the news, vacillating between $103 a barrel and greater than $107 \u2014 still early 50% higher than where it was on Feb. 28, when the Iran war began.<\/p>\n

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The squeeze on shipments through the strait has rippled through global maritime trade flows, including\u00a0through the Panama Canal\u00a0nearly halfway around the globe.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan has been attempting to get U.S. and Iranian officials back to the table after Trump this week announced an indefinite\u00a0extension of the ceasefire with Iran, honoring Islamabad\u2019s request for more time for diplomatic outreach.<\/p>\n

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That\u00a0hasn\u2019t lowered tensions\u00a0within the\u00a0strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime.<\/p>\n

Iran has kept its stranglehold on traffic through the strait, attacking three ships earlier this week, while the U.S. is maintaining a blockade on Iranian ports and Trump has ordered the military to\u00a0\u201cshoot and kill\u201d small boats\u00a0that may very well be placing mines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran has a very important selection, a likelihood to make a deal, a superb deal, a smart deal,\u201d U.S. Defense Secretary\u00a0Pete Hegseth\u00a0told reporters on Friday. He said a second U.S. aircraft carrier will join the blockade in a couple of days.<\/p>\n

Hegseth added the U.S. was \u201cnot anxious\u201d for a take care of Iran, and repeated Trump\u2019s previous comments of getting \u201con a regular basis on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran knows that they still have an open window to decide on properly \u2026 on the negotiating table. All they should do is abandon a nuclear weapon in meaningful and verifiable ways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Washington already has three aircraft carriers within the region; the usGeorge H.W. Bush within the Indian Ocean; the usAbraham Lincoln within the Arabian Sea; and the usGerald R. Ford within the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

It’s the primary time since 2003 that three American carriers have been operating within the region concurrently. The force includes 200 aircraft and 15,000 sailors and Marines, U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n

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