With firm control of the Strait of Hormuz, expanded battlefronts, and undisclosed strategic assets, Iran will concede nothing and negotiate with the US only on its own terms because it’s Iran that holds the cards now.

Syed Jawad Naqvi, a prominent Pakistani Shia scholar, has warned against US President Donald Trump’s potential visit to Islamabad, describing him as a "wretched person."

Trump delusionally wants to turn talks into surrender or justify war through blockade and ceasefire violations, but Iran rejects threats and will reveal new battlefield cards, says parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.

The next round of ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington remains shrouded in uncertainty following renewed American aggression at sea.

A top Iranian commander says Iran’s Armed Forces are totally prepared for all-out defense of the country against aggressors, nearly 50 days after a US-Israeli military coalition waged an unprovoked war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

Trump's team behind the failed US-Iran talks in Islamabad — a real estate envoy, a son-in-law, and a political convert — reveals a dangerous confusion of diplomacy with business deal-making, while also laying bare the deep-seated illusion of American exceptionalism.

Washington’s sudden push for a ceasefire and negotiations with Iran was not a sign of goodwill but a desperate admission of strategic failure after failing to achieve any of its war objectives, says a US-based journalist.