Pakistan announces US-Iran talks 'in coming days'

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar made the announcement on Sunday.

ByDavid Brennan, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, and Jon Haworth
Last Updated: March 29, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.

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Mar 26, 2026, 1:26 PM EDT

Trump says ‘I don’t care’ to strike deal with Iran, takes questions on rising oil prices

President Donald Trump on Thursday, during his first cabinet meeting since the start of the war in Iran, dismissed the need for talks to end the conflict, maintaining the operation has crippled Iran to the point that it’s Tehran that seeks a deal.

Despite the president touting on Thursday the U.S. is currently engaging in “substantial talks” with Iran, and his administration offered up a 15-point plan to resolve the conflict, he also said that there are still “other targets we want to hit before we leave” and that he doesn’t “care” about reaching a deal or not.

When asked whether he might push back his deadline for negotiations not to strike energy sites in Iran, Trump said that it would depend on how negotiations go.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Mar 26, 2026, 12:47 PM EDT

1 dead, several others Injured in Israel after missile attack

One man was killed and 11 others were injured after a missile attack in Nahariya, Northern Israel, a spokesperson for Israel's national EMS organization said Thursday.

A man in his 30s died from shrapnel injuries, according to MDA. Four of the 10 people transported to Galilee Medical Center also suffered shrapnel injuries the statement said.

Local residents and emergency responders inspect the impact site after part of a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit the Israeli - Arab city, leaving 2 injured, March 26, 2026 in Kfar Kasem, Israel.
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-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Dorit Long

Mar 26, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT

Trump says Iran has a chance to 'chart a new path forward'

President Donald Trump said Iran now has "the chance … to chart a new path forward" but that the U.S. will continue "blowing them away" in the meantime.

"They can't do anything about it. If they could, you'd be hearing about it," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting Thursday.

Mar 26, 2026, 11:03 AM EDT

Trump says Iran 'begging' for a deal

President Donald Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that Iran is "begging" for a deal, after reports that Iran rejected a 15-point peace proposal from the Trump administration.

Trump claimed Iran is saying it has been "decisively defeated." He also denied reports that he is the one seeking a deal with Iran.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 26, 2026.
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Trump claimed the military operation should have been done years ago.

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