Informed regional sources told Axios that Pakistani and Qatari mediators are continuing to relay messages between the United States and Iran, without making any significant progress.
Axios: Washington-Tehran negotiations through intermediaries remain deadlocked
Sources familiar with the matter told Axios that Pakistani officials are presenting a more optimistic picture of the ongoing discussions than they warrant. Islamabad is attempting to create the impression of genuine momentum, hoping to break the current deadlock, but the sources maintain that the reality on the ground remains unchanged.
This stalemate comes at a time when Bloomberg has previously described the conflict between the United States and Iran as having turned into a long-term confrontation with no clear path to an end in sight.
In a related development, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei revealed estimates indicating that the damage caused by oil spills in the Strait of Hormuz has reached trillions of dollars, referring to the enormous environmental and economic cost of the ongoing tension in the region.
