{"id":579632,"date":"2026-04-12T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579632\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:12:08","slug":"us-and-iranian-delegations-leave-pakistan-after-talks-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579632\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Iranian delegations leave Pakistan after talks end …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President JD Vance said negotiations between the United States and Iran ended early Sunday without a deal after the Iranians refused to accept U.S. terms to not develop a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

The high-stakes talks in Pakistan ended after 21 hours, Vance said, with the vice president in constant communication with President Donald Trump and others in the administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,\u201d Vance told reporters.<\/p>\n

The war<\/a> that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The U.S. delegation led by Vance<\/a> and the Iranian delegation led by parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf<\/a> had discussed how to advance a ceasefire already threatened by deep disagreements and Israel\u2019s continued attacks against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Here is the latest:<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV demands ceasefire in Lebanon and respect of international law <\/p>\n

Leo said Sunday he was \u201ccloser than ever\u201d to the people of Lebanon at the end of his noontime prayers, and called on all sides to stop fighting and seek peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe principle of humanity, inscribed in the conscience of every person and recognized in international law, entails the moral obligation to protect the civilian population from the atrocious effects of war,\u201d Leo said.<\/p>\n

Though Israel\u2019s strikes over Beirut have calmed in recent days, its attacks on southern Lebanon have intensified alongside a ground invasion<\/a> it renewed after Hezbollah launched rockets toward Israel in the opening days of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.<\/p>\n

Leo wished Christians celebrating Orthodox Easter, and said he hoped especially that the international community doesn\u2019t turn its back on the \u201cbeloved people of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that Wednesday marks the third anniversary of the \u201cfratricidal war\u201d in Sudan, and appealed for talks to end what he called an \u201cinhuman tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian official says key demands include war reparations and controlling Strait of Hormuz <\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s First Vice President Reza Aref said Tehran sought U.S. recognition of its control of transit through the Strait of Hormuz in the collapsed Islamabad talks.<\/p>\n

Iran having \u201cauthority in the Strait of Hormuz\u201d and pursuing compensation for the damage caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes were \u201cthe rights of the (Iranian) people,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our firm commitment to a strong Iran,\u201d Aref wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s chief negotiator in Pakistan blames the US for failing to reach a deal<\/p>\n

In a series of posts on X, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said the Iranian delegation provided \u201cforward-looking initiatives\u201d during the 21-hour talks but the Americans could not gain Iran\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n

He said now is the time for the U.S. \u201cto decide whether it can gain our trust or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t elaborate. But Iranian state media reported earlier that major points of disagreement included Iran\u2019s nuclear program and transit through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Turkish politicians condemn Israel\u2019s criticism of Erdogan<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip in a post on X in which he wrote: \u201cIsrael under my leadership will continue to fight Iran\u2019s terror regime and its proxies, unlike Erdogan who accommodates them and massacred his own Kurdish citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Omer Celik, spokesperson of the ruling Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party, or AKP, said Sunday that Israel\u2019s comments aimed to sabotage the peace talks in Pakistan, foment unrest among the Kurdish minority and pit Turkey against Iran.<\/p>\n

Numan Kurtulmus, the speaker of Turkey\u2019s parliament, called Netanyahu \u201cthe ringleader terrorist of the 21st century\u2019s massacre and terror network.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe audacity of someone whose hands are stained with children\u2019s blood \u2014 someone pursued by international law \u2014 to presume to lecture Turkey on morality is merely an indicator of his efforts to cover up his own crimes against humanity, and it holds no validity whatsoever,\u201d Kurtulmus said.<\/p>\n

Israeli strike kills 6 people in southern Lebanese town <\/p>\n

The strike on Sunday morning hit a home of seven people in the Lebanese town of Maaroub, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance said negotiations between the United States and Iran ended early Sunday without a deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-579632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}