US Ends Nuclear Talks With Iran After 21 Hours Without Agreement

JD Vance announced the end of negotiations with Iran without reaching an agreement after 21 hours of talks.

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Vance said Iran chose not to accept the American terms and the U.S. needs a firm guarantee that Iran will not seek to acquire a nuclear weapon.

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The Iranian news agency Tasnim announced that the negotiations had ended with American demands that were excessive.

The talks were the first direct meeting between the U.S. and Iran in more than a decade.

Pakistani intermediary said it was essential that both sides continue to uphold the ceasefire.

The U.S. framed the talks as a failure due to Iran's refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Iran blamed excessive American demands.

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Iranian Foreign Minister told his French counterpart that the path of diplomacy is open.

The French foreign minister emphasized the necessity of continuing nuclear talks and lifting sanctions.

Indian media took a more sober tone, listing five entrenched contradictions.

West Asian media adopted a note of triumph over Pakistan's diplomatic role.

“Sixth round of Iran–United States talks to be held on Sunday in Muscat”

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Khurram Husain wrote in Dawn that he felt proud to be Pakistani.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Mitrovica wrote that the thuggish logic of the US and Israel had failed.

The triumph was tempered when the US and Israel took the position that the ceasefire did not include Lebanon.

Pakistan would work on including Lebanon and Yemen during the Iran-US talks.

Jakarta's peacekeepers were caught in a war zone as Indonesia's 755-person UNIFIL contingent suffered three attacks.

The first attack killed one peacekeeper at a post that had served as the headquarters since 2009.

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The second was an explosion that hit a UNIFIL convoy, killing two and injuring five.

The third was a blast close to the Blue Line, injuring three more soldiers.

Former Indonesia President Yudhoyono called on the UN to end UNIFIL’s deployment.