US says ‘significant progress’ made towards peace – but Trump stressed on Sunday that Tehran ‘must understand’ it cannot have a nuclear weapon

Tehran is refusing to allow the US to link the release of its frozen assets to progress on the nuclear issue, an Iranian source told Tasnim. The source added that instead, Tehran is insisting that some of its frozen assets be released immediately upon reaching any agreement.

The US president says he's advised his representatives not to "rush into" a deal, saying that "both sides must take their time and get it right".

Washington says a new Iran framework is “95% complete,” while President Masoud Pezeshkian claims Tehran is “not seeking nuclear weapons” as final negotiations continue over uranium stockpiles and the Strait of Hormuz.

A visit by Pakistan’s army chief Thursday was aimed at “reaching the point of officially announcing acceptance of the memorandum of understanding,” Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency reported.

Doha, which has worked as a mediator in the Gaza war and other areas of international tension, had till now distanced itself from playing a mediation role in the Iran ​war.

Pakistan and Qatar lead mediation efforts in Tehran to broker a US-Iran deal. Bitcoin markets react to geopolitical de-escalation as ceasefire clock ticks.

Iran has threatened to impose tolls on shipping, while US demands that Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium may be deferred. Is there an end in sight?

Not another cosmetic agreement that buys Tehran time. Not another pause dressed up as strategy. The goal must be to break the regime’s machinery of coercion so thoroughly that it can no longer threaten Israel, blackmail the Gulf, dominate its own people through terror, or hold the region and the global economy hostage.

Iran and the US remain divided over crucial clauses in a proposed peace agreement, with Tehran warning it will not compromise on frozen assets and other core demands.