Mediators: Latest Efforts to Reach Cease-Fire Hit Dead End

[ruet]

Source: WSJ

The current round of efforts by regional countries led by Pakistan to reach a cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran has reached a dead end, mediators said Friday.

Iran has officially told the mediators it isn’t willing to meet U.S. officials in Islamabad in the coming days and that U.S. demands are unacceptable, the mediators said.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-news-2026/card/mediators-latest-efforts-to-reach-cease-fire-hit-dead-end-g4ee6afUWAumzrGuZ1N7?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfk1SvAGMeTtJsaaon9oAw6hczl5wtIjnsci2nLZBNxd6Otw5fwUmos8stkTQ8%3D&gaa_ts=69d0078b&gaa_sig=rnb_grgqWE8R4nX_UC8nHQUg2krYE6egKnKE3RvMkMaTf1iJ4IeEWrXNuqJe4cS8uz2H2f6zBixW9vEAMyrbEA%3D%3D

[ananda]

1. As we've said before, Trump thought this would be easy...

like Putin thought Ukraine would be.

I think there's some special relationship between having too much
power and money and thinking you're smart when you're not.

[Lonestarblue]

2. Of course Trump's demands would be unacceptable.

He wants to choose their leaders and steal their oil.

[orangecrush]

3. There is no working with Trump

NATO has accepted this.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. The Iranians

Would be wise to not meet anywhere the US will bomb.