US-Iran ceasefire: Can pressure, incentives, and risks deliver a final deal
Can US‑Iran ceasefire hold for talks? Vance team, midterm politics, energy risks, Tehran seeks relief.

Can US‑Iran ceasefire hold for talks? Vance team, midterm politics, energy risks, Tehran seeks relief.


![US and Iranian delegations are set to meet in Islamabad for peace talks to end six weeks of war. Here’s what we know about who is attending, what is on the table, and what could derail the negotiations. Al Jazeera’s Abid Hussain explains from Islamabad. [Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-1775852351.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)







Black plumes of smoke from an oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island were seen.










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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says ‘if attacks against Iran are halted,’ then Iran agrees to a US ceasefire.
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Video showed orange flames and thick black smoke pouring from “black oil” storage tanks in Nahrawan near Baghdad, Iraq.

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Egypt is one of the countries implementing energy conservation measures amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
India’s most advanced reactor has set the country on a path towards potentially cutting its dependence on uranium.