Donald Trump threatened last week that Iran would be bombed at a "much higher level and intensity than it was before" if it did not agree to terms - but faces pressure at home to wind down the conflict and seek approval from Congress to continue strikes.
We believe that a comprehensive ceasefire brooks no delay, a resumption of hostilities is inadvisable, and persisting with negotiations is particularly important, Wang told Araghchi at the start of their meeting.
Kushner and Witkoff are very accomplished business people. I'm sure they're good negotiators, but they're not subject to Senate confirmation and they're not subject to oversight.
We expect this meeting to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders' level. Trump supports this sequence of steps. A direct leaders' summit is the only way to resolve all the complex and sensitive issues and finally end the war.
Brussels had some strong sentiments today about what a future peace deal between Russia and Ukraine should look like. EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said she plans to send around a list of ideas to the bloc's 27 member states in the coming days, outlining what demands they believe should be put to Moscow. She stressed that the burden should be on Russia to make concessions.
Leaders of Ukraine's allies gathered Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country's security after any potential peace deal is reached with Russia. But prospects for progress are uncertain: The Trump administration's focus is shifting to Venezuela while U.S. suggestions of a Greenland takeover are causing tension with Europe, and Moscow shows no signs of budging from its demands in its nearly 4-year-old invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told reporters that President Donald Trump is considering sending U.S. troops to his country. In recent days, Trump has spoken with both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war in the region. Those peace efforts were further complicated when Russia launched strikes on Kyiv over the weekend the day before Trump and Zelensky met at Mar-a-Lago.
