Iran negotiations

IMF warns Strait of Hormuz might never be back to normal

The IMF warned that the situation at Hormuz could be similar to the one in Bab-al-Mandeb, where shipping lanes haven’t yet recovered ever since the first Houthi attack.

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.
US President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One on April 10, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia.

Trump to cancel Iran's ceasefire profit with full Hormuz blockade

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 20, 2025.

Pakistan Defense Minister deletes anti-Israel post from X after diplomatic backlash

US VICE President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 202

US to demand freeing of American detainees in Iran as part of Islamabad negotiations - report


Dennis Ross to Post: If Iran deadline missed, 'reasonable' to keep talking for another 3 to 6 month

Ross, a key adviser on Iran and the Middle East during US President Barack Obama's first term, told The Jerusalem Post that there was both good and bad news in the missed deadline.

US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 27, 2015.

Iran nuclear talks will marathon past deadline

Talks under way in the Austrian capital are supposed to wrap up two years of negotiations over Iran's nuclear work.

US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 27, 2015.

Big hurdles to Iran nuclear deal as deadline looms, Western diplomat says

"At this stage it's not clear that Iran is ready to make the choices," says official on condition of anonymity.

Representatives of EU, US, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, China and Iran meet for another round of the P5+1 powers and Iran talks in Vienna, Austria on June 12, 2015.

West concerned with Iran's rhetoric ahead of nuclear deadline

​​Iran's Guardian Council passes 'red line' bill as Khamenei appears to reject key aspects of Lausanne framework.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

For Kerry, Iran deal would be a legacy hit after many misses

Critics and supporters of Kerry agree that an Iran deal would seal Kerry's legacy despite his earlier failures.

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Iran deal will foster and fund terrorism, Netanyahu tells Jewish Agency meeting

PM blasts planned Gaza flotilla, asks why supporters aren’t going to Syria.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Director-General Alan Hoffman attend the Jewish Agency Assembly in Tel Aviv.

Historic Iran talks in final act

US willing to extend talks by a few days, but by no more; Iran parliament passes critical bill limiting possible concessions; political and technical gaps remain.

The P5+1 – China, France, Germany, the US, the UK and Russia – prepare to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at nuclear talks in Lausanne.

On my mind: Nuclear Protocol

Tehran’s consistent failure to comply has been noted regularly in quarterly IAEA reports and statements by Yukiya Amano, the UN nuclear watchdog agency’s director.

Iran's FM Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) in talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.

Iranian cleric: Obama wants nuclear deal in order to become 'the hero of America'

Amad Khatami claims if nuclear deal does not pass, Obama will fall into crisis.

US President Barack Obama greets supporters in Milwaukee

Kerry leaves hospital, fit to fly for "critical" Iran nuclear deadline

Less than three weeks before deadline, US negotiators believe the talks will likely come down to the wire.

John Kerry in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21, 2015