US-Iran peace talks end after 21 hours without a deal as JD Vance says Tehran didn’t accept ‘our final offer’: Live updates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran was successful in ‘crush’ the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

‘They wanted to strangle us’ 1775982240 we drown them. “They threatened to destroy us and now they are struggling to survive,” he said, adding that the war against Tehran had also weakened Iran’s leadership and regional allies.

He agreed to Lebanese requests for peace talks on two conditions, he added: ‘We want the dismantling of Hezbollah’s weapons, and we want a real peace agreement that will last for generations.’

Iran threatened to attack US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz just after American warships passed through the strategic waterway for the first time since the war began.

Two American destroyers passed through the Strait of Hormuz without incident on Saturday for the first time in six weeks. Wall StreetJournal.

But foreign ministry spokesman Khabar Network told Fars News Agency that Tehran had warned Pakistani negotiators that if the ship continued to move, “it would be targeted within 30 minutes and Iranian-American negotiations would be damaged.”

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 50 people for alleged ‘mercenary’ activities, state-run SNN news agency reported.

The group has been accused of collaborating with the United States and Israel by sharing sensitive locations, including utility facilities and infrastructure.

Authorities also seized electronic devices, satellite equipment and weapons, SNN said.

A recently developed espionage law allows those accused of espionage to face the death penalty and confiscation of their property.

Despite the failure of negotiations in Islamabad, three supertankers, all loaded with oil, passed through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, shipping data showed.

These appear to be the first ships to leave the Gulf since the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

Amid Vice President J.D. Vance’s failed peace talks with Iranian officials in Pakistan, President Donald Trump took time to attend UFC 327 in Miami along with his daughters Tiffany and Ivanka, grandchildren Kai and Arabella Rose, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and promoter Dana White.

Judging by the Paramount+ release, crowd reaction seemed largely positive, although the loud Kid Rock entrance music made it difficult to hear whether he was booed or applauded.

British government minister Wes Streeting said on Sunday it was “disappointing” that talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad have stalled.

“It’s frankly disappointing that we haven’t yet seen any progress in the negotiations and a sustainable end to this war in Iran,” Streeting told Sky News.

‘As always in diplomacy, you fail until you succeed. “So even though these talks have not resulted in success, that doesn’t mean it’s pointless to keep trying,” the health minister added.

Streeting also criticized Trump’s rhetoric during the crisis.

‘I don’t think it’s controversial to post a threat to the end of Iranian civilization on social media, it’s really… quite unusual.’

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called on people to ‘raise the language of reason’ in a post commemorating X’s Orthodox Easter.

I hope that this holiday will inspire all Lebanese to hold fast to our unity, stay away from strife, elevate the language of reason and national interests, so that together we can overcome the dangers we face and stability, peace and prosperity can prevail throughout Lebanon.

‘The Iranian delegation held continuous and intense negotiations for 21 hours in order to protect the national interests of the Iranian people; Despite various attempts by the Iranian delegation, the unreasonable demands of the American side prevented the negotiations from progressing.

“Thus, the negotiations are over,” Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said the key east-west oil pipeline and other facilities have been restored following Iran’s attacks on infrastructure across the Gulf.

The official Saudi Press Agency, citing an energy ministry statement, reported that the attacks had led to ‘the loss of pumping capacity of approximately 700,000 barrels per day through the east-west pipeline’ and that efforts were ongoing to restore full production capacity at the kingdom’s Khurais oil field.

The Lebanese presidential office confirmed that talks between Israel and Lebanon are expected to begin in Washington on Tuesday.

The announcement followed Israel’s surprise announcement that talks were allowed, even though neither country has official relations.

Israel wants the Lebanese government to take responsibility for disarmament of Hezbollah, which joined the war in its early days to support Iran.

The Israeli army announced that it had ‘dismantled’ an explosives production laboratory in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.

A social media post says the material includes 200 pipe bombs, fire extinguishers and gas cylinders containing potentially explosive material, as well as more than 50 kilograms of improvised explosive material.

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the Israeli operation destroyed a residential building.