US and Iran Wrangle Over Talks With No End to War Yet in Sight

First responders inspect the remains of a residential building hit in an airstrike in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran on  March 24. — First responders inspect the remains of a residential building hit in an airstrike in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran on March 24.
Photographer: Mati Hashemi/AP Photo

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By Mario Parker and Arsalan Shahla

March 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC

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March 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC

The White House insisted that peace talks with Iran are ongoing, even as Tehran publicly rejected US overtures and issued fresh conditions of its own to end the conflict that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and global markets.

President Donald Trump claimed Iran was desperate to make a deal to end the nearly month-long hostilities. “They want to make a deal so badly, but they’re afraid to say it,” Trump told congressional Republicans Wednesday night in Washington.