Negotiations between Iran and the US have yielded no significant progress on a peace deal. Conflicting statements highlight the deadlock, with key demands from both sides remaining unmet.

There is still no progress on a peace deal in Iran. Washington and Tehran’s statements about the state of negotiations are conflicting, with President Donald Trump emerging empty-handed from a two-hour meeting on the latest proposal from Iran. Trump wants Tehran to remove mines from the Strait of Hormuz and agree to destroy its enriched uranium, and Iran wants billions of dollars in assets unfrozen. Story by Charlotte Hughes and Thibault Franceschet.