President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States will extend its ceasefire with Iran at the request of Pakistan, even as Tehran has yet to respond to Washington’s latest negotiating positions and high‑level diplomacy remains on hold. In a statement, Trump said Pakistan’s military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked Washington to delay further military action while Iranian leaders work to assemble a “unified proposal.” Trump said he has ordered the U.S. military to maintain its blockade of Iranian ports and remain prepared for renewed hostilities if talks fail. “I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” Trump wrote via Truth Social. The decision comes as the White House has paused Vice President JD Vance’s planned trip to Islamabad, where he was expected to press Iranian negotiators for progress toward a nuclear agreement. A U.S. official said the visit was put on hold after Tehran failed to respond to American proposals, though the trip could resume quickly if Iran signals readiness to engage. This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States will extend its ceasefire with Iran at the request of Pakistan, even as Tehran has yet to respond to Washington’s latest negotiating positions and high‑level diplomacy remains on hold. In a statement, Trump said Pakistan’…
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.