Journalists describe tightly controlled access as US-Iran negotiations unfold behind closed doors

Claim comes as shipping fears disrupt oil flows and US-Iran talks begin in Pakistan

Statement highlights civilian deaths, displacement and damage to critical infrastructure

The face-to-face negotiations are the highest-level US-Iran talks since the Islamic Revolution of 1979

Trump's post comes as senior US and Iranian officials are meeting on Saturday in Islamabad with Pakistani intermediaries

Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a day earlier

Senior Iranian and American delegations met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday to begin negotiations

A US official on Saturday denied reports that Washington has agreed to unfreeze Iranian assets.

Reuters spoke with 16 people across Indiana, New York, California, Georgia and Colorado on Wednesday - a day after the United States and Iran agreed to the ceasefire ahead of planned talks in Pakistan on Saturday

The oil-producing North African country has been divided since a 2014 civil war that spawned two administrations in the west and east. Its last unified national budget was agreed in 2013.

Khamenei's face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme leader's compound in central Tehran and he suffered a significant injury to one or both legs, all three sources said.

Here are the key issues the two sides are expected to discuss

The $6 billion, originally frozen in 2018, had been due for release in 2023 as part of a US-Iranian prisoner swap but the funds were again frozen by the administration of President Joe Biden

An Iranian delegation met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday, state TV reported, ahead of talks with the United States aimed at ending the war in the Middle East

Delegations from US and Iran arrive in Pakistani capital

Repeated breakdowns of diplomacy and failed accords

US delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance and including President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, landed in two US air force planes at an air base in Islamabad on Saturday morning

At least a dozen US military sites across the Gulf region have been so badly damaged by Iran’s retaliation to US and Israeli attacks that their presence now creates significantly more vulnerabilities than it does benefits, a slate of Middle East experts argued on Thursday.

Donald Trump on Friday praised the Artemis astronauts just after they splashed down in the Pacific and capped their journey around the Moon, as the US president looked ahead to the eventual goal of sending missions to Mars

Iran’s imposition of a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz looks set to be a key point of contention at talks opening in Pakistan.