Why U.S.-Iran Negotiations Failed

From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kitrelak. This is The Daily. After the marathon negotiations between The US and Iran this weekend failed to produce any breakthroughs, the temporary ceasefire appears more precarious than ever. One of the biggest questions looming over it is Israel and whether it will accept peace or keep fighting a war on multiple fronts that threatens any chance of a deal. Today, my colleagues Mark Mazzetti and Ronan Bergman explain. It's Monday, April 13. Ronan, Mark, hello. It is about 10AM on Sunday on the East Coast, 5PM where you are, Ronan, in Israel, and we say that because things can always change. Thank you for joining us on a Sunday. Thank you. Thanks for inviting us. So we've turned to you both throughout this war to understand the role that Israel has played in this conflict. And that question has become more critical than ever at this particular moment when it appears that Israel continues to actively threaten the ceasefire between The US and Iran. And we're gonna get to how that's playing out, but first, just help me understand the state of things right now. Negotiators from Iran and The US, including vice president JD Vance, met in Pakistan this weekend. Mark, where do things stand? So JD Vance and a very senior delegation of Iranian officials had a marathon session on Saturday in Islamabad where they were meeting to hash out some of their biggest differences. No one could tell what was happening in the negotiations where a lot of reporters were waiting around to find out any piece of information and there was nothing coming. And then by Saturday night, Washington time, we get word that the talks had broken down. Well, good morning, everybody. And let me say a couple of notes of appreciation. First of all JD Vance comes out, and he announces that there's no deal. We've been at it now for twenty one hours, and, we've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That's the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for The United States Of America. So The American delegation is leaving Islamabad, and there's really no immediate prospects for another round of negotiations, although that could certainly happen. We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on, and what things we're we're not willing to accommodate them on. And, we've made that as clear as we possibly could, and they have chosen not to accept our terms. And, meanwhile, there's this sort of extraordinary split screen where And with us in the building tonight. President Trump is in Miami at a UFC fight. Oh, wow. United States Of America, Donald J. Trump. Projecting kind of indifference to the whole thing. We'll see what happens. Look, regardless, we win. Regardless what happens, we win. …