27/04/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2
Meanwhile, Tehran has blamed the US for the failure of talks after Trump decided against sending a negotiating team to Pakistan at the weekend.
US President Donald Trump will hold talks on the Iran war with his top security advisors later on Monday, US media reported, with negotiations between the rival parties apparently at an impasse.
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Barak Ravid, a global affairs correspondent for the US media outlet Axios, reported that Trump was expected to hold a meeting with his top national security and foreign policy team to discuss next steps.
ABC News quoted two unidentified US officials as saying that Trump would meet with his key security advisors on Iran, adding that a new deal proposed by Tehran to resolve the conflict fell short of Washington’s red lines.
That deal centred on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending a US naval blockade of the vital waterway, with nuclear negotiations postponed for a later stage, Axios reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Islamabad, which hosted the first and only round of unsuccessful talks between Washington and Tehran, had fanned hopes for fresh negotiations over the weekend until Trump scrapped a planned trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Trump told Fox News after calling off his emissaries’ trip that, if Iran wanted talks, “they can come to us, or they can call us.”
Meanwhile, Araghchi blamed Washington for the failure of talks after landing in Russia as part of a whirlwind diplomatic tour.
The Iranian foreign minister made the remarks in St Petersburg, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, having also planned a trip to Oman in between visits to the main mediator Pakistan over the past few days.
“The US approaches caused the previous round of negotiations, despite progress, to fail to reach its goals because of the excessive demands,” Araghchi said on Monday.
In a sign that backchannel efforts were ongoing, the state-run Fars news agency said Iran had passed “written messages” to the US via Pakistan spelling out red lines, including nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz.
The messages were not part of formal negotiations, according to the agency.
Global issue
The ceasefire in the Iran war has so far held but its economic shockwaves have continued to reverberate globally.
Tehran has effectively closed the crucial Strait of Hormuz, cutting off flows of oil, gas and fertiliser and sending prices soaring, raising fears of food insecurity in developing countries.
In response, the US has imposed a blockade of Iranian ports in the waterway and beyond.
Trump faces domestic pressure as fuel prices rise following Iran’s closure of Hormuz, with mid-term elections due in November. Polls show the war is unpopular among Americans.
The strait was on the agenda during Araghchi’s trip to Oman, which lies on the other side of the waterway from Iran.
“The safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is an important global issue. Naturally, as the two coastal countries of this strait, we must speak with each other so that our common interests are secured,” Araghchi said from St Petersburg.
Russian and Iranian state media confirmed Araghchi would speak with Putin, citing officials from their respective governments.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), however, have said they have no intention of lifting their market-shaking blockade, saying control of the waterway “and maintaining the shadow of its deterrent effects over America…is the definitive strategy” of Tehran.
Oil prices were creeping up again on Monday, although lingering hopes that a deal can eventually be reached have tempered the gains.
