Mediators voice new US-Iran talks hope as truce deadline nears

The U.S. and Iran have signaled plans for a new round of cease-fire talks in Pakistan, two regional officials said Tuesday, even as leaders on both sides warned they are ready to resume fighting if the fragile two-week truce lapses without an agreement. Neither the U.S. nor Iran has publicly confirmed the timing of the talks in Islamabad, with Iranian state television denying that any official was already in Pakistan’s capital.