President Donald Trump and his Administration are open to resuming in-person talks as soon as he believes Iran is prepared to meet his demands, sources told CNN. That could mean a second meeting with Iranian officials before the two-week cease-fire expires on April 21 or potentially extending the cease-fire, officials said.
Pakistan has proposed hosting a second in-person meeting in Islamabad, Pakistani officials told the Associated Press. Turkey, which was among several intermediaries involved in weeks of negotiations, is also stepping in to try and resolve the differences between the U.S. and Iran, a regional source told CNN.
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“After 21 hours of negotiations, the Iranians chose the pursuit of a nuclear weapon over peace. The President has already ordered a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, ending the Iranian extortion, and wisely keeps all additional options on the table,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told TIME on Monday in response to reports that Trump is considering limited military strikes on Iran in addition to the blockade.
TIME has reached out to the White House for further comment.
Iran also previously said it wants to maintain control of the Strait even after the end of the war, potentially collecting toll fees that would serve as war reparations. Reuters reported early Tuesday, citing data from LSEG, MarineTraffic and Kpler, that a U.S.-sanctioned Chinese tanker passed through the Strait in spite of the naval blockade.
Meanwhile, the U.K. has said it will not join Trump’s naval blockade. Earlier in the war, to Trump’s chagrin, NATO allies rebuffed the U.S. President’s call for them to provide military support to secure the Strait.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that the two sides were “inches away” from an agreement when Iran “encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade” from the U.S.
Nuclear disagreement remains an obstacle
Among U.S. demands is that Iran abandon its nuclear program, which had been a sticking point in past talks towards a nuclear agreement, including negotiations that were interrupted by Israeli strikes on Iran last June and renewed talks in the days immediately before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Iranian officials previously said mistrust in the U.S. has been high ever since Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Barack Obama-negotiated Iran nuclear deal in 2018.
Russia has also renewed its offer to take Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile as part of a potential agreement, according to Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency.
Vance told Fox News that Iranian negotiators “moved in our direction, … but they didn’t move far enough.” He said the Iranian negotiators had to return to Tehran from Islamabad to get approval for any deal with the U.S.
“There really is, I think, a grand deal to be had here, but it’s up to the Iranians, I think, to take the next step,” Vance said.
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