Kanal13With the 14-day ceasefire set to expire Wednesday, uncertainty is growing over possible negotiations between Iran and United States. Washington and Teheran have signaled they will hold a new round of ceasefire talks in Pakistan, two regional officials said Tuesday, as leaders on both sides warned they were prepared for more fighting if a fragile two-week truce expires without a deal. Neither the U.S. nor Iran has publicly confirmed the timing of the talks in Islamabad, with Iranian state television denying any official was already in Pakistan’s capital. Meanwhile, residents went about their day in Tehran on Tuesday, passing by shops and restaurants.
Among the traffic and shoppers were burnt out vehicles, left on display after being destroyed in the war with anti-Israeli and U.S. messages written on them. Pakistan-led mediators received confirmation that the top negotiators, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, will arrive in Islamabad early Wednesday to lead their teams in the talks, the regional officials told The Associated Press.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. The ceasefire that began April 8 was set to expire Wednesday. Both sides remain dug in rhetorically. U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that “lots of bombs” will “start going off” if there’s no agreement before the ceasefire deadline, and Iran’s chief negotiator said that Tehran has “new cards on the battlefield” that haven’t yet been revealed.
Since the war started, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran, according to authorities. Additionally, 23 people have died in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon and 13 U.S. service members throughout the region have been killed.
