Overview
- Following Saturday’s recall of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, which came after Iran’s foreign minister left Islamabad, the planned Pakistan round collapsed with no face‑to‑face contact.
- Iran’s Abbas Araghchi returned to Islamabad on Sunday to brief Pakistani officials on Tehran’s terms and is due to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday, according to Kremlin and Iranian media.
- With no new session on the calendar, Washington and Tehran offer clashing accounts over whether Iran sought direct talks, and Trump said an improved Iranian proposal arrived minutes after he canceled the trip.
- Iranian outlets describe Tehran’s conditions as lifting the US naval blockade, setting a new legal regime for the Strait of Hormuz, paying reparations, and providing security guarantees while deferring the nuclear file.
- The standoff hinges on energy choke points as Iran curbs traffic through Hormuz and the US blocks Iranian ports, a squeeze that has lifted fuel prices worldwide and intensified pressure on both governments.