Uncertainty surrounds US-Iran talks as ceasefire nears end

Washington DC, 21/4: Uncertainty clouded prospects for a new round of US-Iran peace talks Tuesday, before the scheduled end of a two-week ceasefire between the two countries, as Iran denounced US threats and the seizure of an Iranian cargo ship.

Vice President JD Vance was expected to leave for Pakistan on Tuesday, two US officials said, just over a week after a round of talks there with Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, ended without a deal