Iran-US negotiations: Latest developments

Over the last ten days the U.S. and Iran have held indirect negotiations through Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey to try and reach a deal of a ceasefire in return for opening the strait of Hormuz. No significant progress has been achieved so far, U.S. news portal Axios reported on Saturday.

The indirect negotiations have been led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iran's speaker of parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with the mediation of Pakistani military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff and the foreign ministers of Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt are also involved in the indirect negotiations, Axios said.

According to two sources involved in those talks, the mediators are still trying to get the parties to meet directly. But so far with little success.

One of the sources said Iran has thus far rejected any proposal for a temporary ceasefire and demanded a permanent end to the war with clear guarantees that the U.S. won't attack again.

The mediators are now working on possible confidence-building measures as a path to direct talks, but it's unclear if anything can be achieved by the Monday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump.