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      <title>Iran, US remain at loggerheads over efforts to end war</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Iran and the United States remain at ​loggerheads over efforts to agree on a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there ‌had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/g7-leaders-demand-ceasefire-lebanon-welcome-iran-deal-2026-06-17/"&gt;agreed in June&lt;/a&gt; and define a time frame to implement it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The comments came as US President Donald Trump issued yet another broadside against Iran’s leaders, dealing a further blow to hopes for a resolution to the crisis, following new attacks on shipping in the region on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The deal agreed in June declared an “immediate and permanent ​termination of military operations on all fronts”, but quickly unravelled, with Trump saying it was “over” on July 7 and Iran’s foreign ministry declaring it “suspended” ​a week later.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The US accuses Iran of failing to honour an agreement under the deal to reopen the vital Strait ⁠of Hormuz shipping route.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tehran says Washington has reneged on its commitments, including lifting a blockade of Iranian ports and releasing frozen Iranian assets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“One of the issues ​that is being discussed via mediators is the US returning to the interim agreement and defining a time frame for implementing the commitments. There has been absolutely no ​progress on this issue,” the &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-us-not-discussing-ceasefire-extension-senior-iranian-official-says-2026-08-12/"&gt;Iranian source&lt;/a&gt; said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trump said on Wednesday that the US has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body Iran set up to manage the waterway, said it remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran’s conditions are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer,” ​Trump said on his Truth Social platform.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Throughout the conflict, Trump has alternated between threats of escalation and claims that a peace deal is imminent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a id="no-talk-of-extension" href="#no-talk-of-extension" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Permalink"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘No talk of extension’&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thousands ​of people have been killed in the conflict, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Iran has struck US assets and ‌infrastructure in ⁠countries including Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The June interim ceasefire agreement set a 60-day period, extendable by mutual consent, within which Iran and the US were expected to reach a final deal limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lifting US sanctions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Iranian source dismissed a report on Wednesday from Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that quoted Pakistani government sources as saying they had agreed to extend that 60-day period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“There is no talk of an extension because, from Iran’s perspective, ​there is no period that began and ​therefore nothing to extend. The United ⁠States violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was reached and withdrew from it a few days later,” the source told Reuters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a id="" href="#" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Permalink"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Iran and the United States remain at ​loggerheads over efforts to agree on a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there ‌had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/g7-leaders-demand-ceasefire-lebanon-welcome-iran-deal-2026-06-17/">agreed in June</a> and define a time frame to implement it.</strong></p>
<p>The comments came as US President Donald Trump issued yet another broadside against Iran’s leaders, dealing a further blow to hopes for a resolution to the crisis, following new attacks on shipping in the region on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The deal agreed in June declared an “immediate and permanent ​termination of military operations on all fronts”, but quickly unravelled, with Trump saying it was “over” on July 7 and Iran’s foreign ministry declaring it “suspended” ​a week later.</p>
<p>The US accuses Iran of failing to honour an agreement under the deal to reopen the vital Strait ⁠of Hormuz shipping route.</p>
<p>Tehran says Washington has reneged on its commitments, including lifting a blockade of Iranian ports and releasing frozen Iranian assets.</p>
<p>“One of the issues ​that is being discussed via mediators is the US returning to the interim agreement and defining a time frame for implementing the commitments. There has been absolutely no ​progress on this issue,” the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-us-not-discussing-ceasefire-extension-senior-iranian-official-says-2026-08-12/">Iranian source</a> said.</p>
<p>Trump said on Wednesday that the US has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz.</p>
<p>But the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body Iran set up to manage the waterway, said it remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran’s conditions are accepted.</p>
<p>“Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer,” ​Trump said on his Truth Social platform.</p>
<p>Throughout the conflict, Trump has alternated between threats of escalation and claims that a peace deal is imminent.</p>
<h3><a id="no-talk-of-extension" href="#no-talk-of-extension" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Permalink"></a><strong>‘No talk of extension’</strong></h3>
<p>Thousands ​of people have been killed in the conflict, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28.</p>
<p>Iran has struck US assets and ‌infrastructure in ⁠countries including Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>The June interim ceasefire agreement set a 60-day period, extendable by mutual consent, within which Iran and the US were expected to reach a final deal limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lifting US sanctions.</p>
<p>The Iranian source dismissed a report on Wednesday from Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that quoted Pakistani government sources as saying they had agreed to extend that 60-day period.</p>
<p>“There is no talk of an extension because, from Iran’s perspective, ​there is no period that began and ​therefore nothing to extend. The United ⁠States violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was reached and withdrew from it a few days later,” the source told Reuters.</p>
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