Renewed US-Iran tensions threaten regional stability, global energy security, and fragile diplomacy, making restraint and dialogue more urgent than ever.

"To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them," Trump said ahead of a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Trump says his priorities include stopping Iran from any nuclear weapon development

The White House had indicated Trump was close to a decision on a potential deal, even as Tehran insisted there was still "no final agreement" on ending the Middle East conflict.

Iran’s foreign ministry yesterday said that there was still “no final agreement” with the United States to end the Middle East war, after US President Donald Trump said he was making his decision on a potential deal.

Iran accused the United States of breaching their ceasefire yesterday and warned it was ready to retaliate after overnight US strikes targeting Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats threatened a deal to end the war.

The presidents "paid particular attention to the situation regarding Iran and in the Persian Gulf", Ushakov said.

Oil prices climb back to $108 as Hormuz remains closed

Iranian state television had said before Araghchi's departure that he had no plans to meet with the Americans, and that Islamabad would serve as a bridge to 'convey' Iranian proposals

Trump said in a statement on social media the US had agreed to a request by Pakistani mediators "to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal

The White House said Vice President JD Vance was ready to fly back to the Pakistani capital Islamabad

He was willing to meet Iran’s leaders face to face after breakthrough in talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi yesterday said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire agreed on in Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump said he believed a deal to end the Iran war would come “soon”, though the timing remained unclear.

'It could end either way, but I think a deal is preferable because then they can rebuild', he says

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

Pakistan’s capital was all set for historic negotiations between Iran and the US to end the war, as ceasefire violations threatened to derail hopes of peace in the Middle East and beyond.

From threats of devastation to a last-minute ceasefire, the Iran episode followed a familiar Trump script

On April 8, Pakistan pulled off something few thought it could do: it helped bring the United States and Iran into a temporary ceasefire, more than a month after the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, pushing the region towards a wider catastrophe.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday ordered his ministers to begin direct talks with Lebanon, but ruled out a ceasefire with Hezbollah amid mounting concern that ongoing Israeli strikes could unravel the fragile US-Iran truce.”

Even as the US and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours.