Iran, US narrow differences after Pakistani mediation but splits remain

DUBAI: ⁠Iran and the United States have made some ​progress as they ​push for an agreement under Pakistani mediation, but more than halfway through a two-week truce big splits remain including over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.

'The ⁠trip of the Pakistani army chief to ⁠Tehran was effective in reducing differences in some areas, but fundamental disagreements still remain in the nuclear field.... More hopes have been ‌created for extending the ceasefire ​and holding ⁠a second round of talks,' the senior ​official said.
'The fate of ‌Iran’s highly enriched uranium and the duration of Iran’s nuclear restrictions ​are among the highly disputed issues for which no solution has yet been found.'
Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Tehran on Wednesday to try to prevent ‌a renewal of the conflict. Pakistan hosted the ​war's first peace talks last weekend.
A spokesperson for ​Pakistan's ‌Foreign ⁠Ministry said on Thursday that no dates have been decided for a second round of talks between ​the U.S. and Iran.
Iran and the ⁠United States ​failed last weekend to agree an end to the war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched alongside Israel with a surprise attack on February ​28, triggering Iranian fire at Gulf states ​and igniting a parallel conflict in Lebanon.