Donald and the deadline was met this Thursday. But his plans have run into reality and for now The US and Iran will not resume their negotiations so immediately.
Sources internal to the talks have told EFE that the one between Washington and Tehran will not be held “neither Thursday nor Friday” and appear to be heading to next week.
The White House conveys “good expectations” regarding future in-person negotiations, but the spokesperson herself admits that “nothing is official.”
Asked at the press conference this Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt acknowledged that the US “remains committed” to conversations that are moving forward, although without detailing exactly what. A day before, Donald Trump himself admitted in an interview with The New York Post that they were making “progress” but “a little slow”.
It was Trump who called on the possible ‘return to the negotiating table’ from this thursdaysomething that Iran never confirmed. Not now either, although no official response has come from the ayatollah regime.
Everything remains up in the air, beyond a certain coincidence that negotiations will be resumed sooner rather than later. It is not even known for sure whether they will take place again in Islamabad, the capital of a Pakistan, which is acting as a mediator between the US and Iran.
Trump flirted this Tuesday with possibility of taking them to a “more central place… Europe, perhaps”. And without clarifying anything, hours later his spokesperson insisted on the “great role” of Pakistan although he did not take it for granted that the Asian country would host the second round of direct contacts.
In the absence of the two opposing parties sitting down, what follows are the indirect contacts, always with Pakistan as an intermediary in a constant flow of ‘offers’, warnings and hypothetical scenarios. Regarding the current situation, a knowledgeable source added to EFE that “the situation continues to be fluid, although “both sides are still very far apart on the central issues.”
In parallel with a negotiation that is about to be resumed, the White House spokesperson has stressed that Iran’s ‘collaborating’ ships “will be maintained until ships from other nations can enter and leave Iranian ports.”
