US-Iran Peace Talks Collapse

The first high-level face-to-face engagement between Washington and Tehran in decades has concluded in a stalemate in Pakistan.

US Vice President JD Vance stated that the Iranian delegation rejected what was described as a 'final and best offer' to end the six-week conflict.

Key sticking points included the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and long-term commitments to abandon nuclear weapons development.

This failure leaves a fragile two-week ceasefire in jeopardy and raises the prospect of renewed military escalation in the Middle East.