More U.S.-Iran peace deal talks are in discussion, White House says
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance speaks with the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, D.C., after the White House announced he will lead the U.S. delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary on April 8, 2026.
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A second round of talks between the United States and Iran is currently being discussed, but nothing is officially planned yet, a White House official told CNBC on Tuesday.
Confirmation that the Trump administration is considering further talks with Tehran comes after reports that peace talks, which stalled days ago, could restart before a fragile two-week ceasefire expires.
Officials from both countries may return to Pakistan to continue these talks, Reuters reported reported early Tuesday morning, citing Pakistani and Iranian officials.
“Next rounds of talks could come late this week or early next week. But nothing has been finalized for now,” an official at the Iranian embassy in Islamabad told Reuters. he said.
CNN And NBC News He also reported that face-to-face meetings could resume soon. The Iranian embassy in Islamabad did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the story.
Talks between U.S. and Iranian negotiators in Islamabad last weekend ended without any agreement, as key sticking points over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions remained unresolved and each side accused the other of shifting target posts.
Jared Kushner (left) and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff listen as Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at a news conference following a meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2026.
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Vice President JD Vance, who leads the US delegation along with Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, said on Monday that Iran should make the next diplomatic move.
“Even if we talk more and eventually come to an agreement, I think the ball is in Iran’s court because we’re putting a lot of things on the table,” Vance told Fox News.
Senior Iranian officials have suggested that the US acted in bad faith following failed negotiations in Islamabad. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi While X stated in his post that the Tehran team was met with “maximalism, shifting goalposts and blockade”, the Iranian parliament speaker also said: Muhammad Bagher Galibaf He said that the United States could not gain Iran’s trust.
President Donald Trump responded to the abandoned talks by declaring a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital trade route that normally carries 20 percent of the world’s oil.
US Central Command later stated that the blockade would apply to “ships entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.”
The move comes at a time when traffic in the strait is low, despite Trump announcing on April 7 that a two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran is subject to a full reopening of the route.
“We can’t allow one country to extort or extort the world because that’s what they do,” Trump said at the White House on Monday.
The ceasefire is currently scheduled to end on April 21.
Despite rising tensions, recent reports and other signals keep hopes high that a deal could be on the way.
Acting on initial reports that talks could restart, oil prices fell Tuesday morning while stocks rose.
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