US crude futures fall as investors reassess US-Iran risks ahead of ceasefire deadline - Reuters

US crude futures fall as investors reassess US-Iran risks ahead of ceasefire deadline  Reuters

Stocks Set for Gains, Oil Dips on Peace Deal Hopes: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg.com

Stocks Set for Gains, Oil Dips on Peace Deal Hopes: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg.com

Vance Heads to New Talks With Iran. At Stake: Peace and His Own Standing

The vice president is again center stage, after abruptly leaving the first round of high-level Iranian peace talks without an agreement.

By Tyler Pager

JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefire looms Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace Middle East crisis – live updates JD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad at the head of a US diplomatic delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks in the Pakistani capital as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms. The US vice-president will travel with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s...

By Dan Sabbagh and Hannah Ellis-Petersen

Oil falls as investors assess mixed messaging on Iran peace talks ahead of ceasefire deadline

West Texas Intermediate and Brent had settled 7% and 5% higher on Monday.

Iran war: Talks in doubt as leaders issue threats

While the talks remain in limbo, the United States and Iran have been trading threats. Separately, media reports suggest US Vice President JD Vance is set to travel to Pakistan for ceasefire negotiations. DW has more.

Oil futures climb after Strait of Hormuz closed again as peace talks thrown into uncertainty

West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude have risen to levels reached before Friday after the shipping route was shut again

By Nora Redmond

Vance to travel to Islamabad, Iranian delegation gets reported approval from supreme leader - Axios

According to a source with knowledge, cited by Axios, the Iranian negotiating team hesitated under pressure from the IRGC to take a stronger line and refuse talks without an end to the US blockade.

Gulf worries US-Iran talks may cement Tehran's 'golden' grip on Hormuz

A warning by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has crystalized fears among Gulf states that reopening the Strait of Hormuz may be the most Iran-US talks can achieve, falling short of the broader deescalation they regard as vital. Officials and analysts expect ‌the next round of negotiations, due in Islamabad, will focus increasingly not on Iran's missiles or regional proxies but on uranium enrichment limits and how to handle Iran’s leverage over the Strait, the world’s most critical oil s

By The Korea Herald

Gulf worries U.S.-Iran talks may cement Tehran's 'golden' grip on Hormuz

Diplomacy appears now centered less on rolling back Iran's missile program and more on enrichment levels and tacitly accepting Tehran's leverage over Hormuz.

JD Vance, U.S. delegation head to Pakistan for another round of talks - reports