US-Iran peace talks end without deal as delegations leave Pakistan

The U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end their war despite marathon talks that concluded on Sunday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, jeopardizing a fragile ceasefire . Each side blamed the other for the failure of the 21-hour negotiations to end fighting that has killed thousands , roiled the global economy and sent oil prices soaring since it began more than six weeks ago. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America ,” said Vice President JD Vance, the head of the U.S. delegation. “So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement. We’ve made very clear what our red lines are.” IRAN CITES LACK OF TRUST IN THE TALKS Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad ​Baqer Qalibaf, who led his country’s delegation along with Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, blamed the U.S. for not winning Iran’s trust despite his team offering “forward-looking initiatives.” “The U.S. has understood Iran’s logic and principles and it’s time for them to decide whether they can earn our trust or not,” Qalibaf said on X. Both the U.S. and Iranian delegations have now left Islamabad to return home, Pakistani sources told Reuters. The talks, after a ceasefire earlier in the week, were the first direct U.S.-Iranian meeting in more than a decade and the highest-level discussions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Vance said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, incl…