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(Reuters) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

JERUSALEM\/ISLAMABAD, April 16 – Optimism grew on Thursday that the\u00a0Iran war<\/a>\u00a0may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator having made \u200ba breakthrough on “sticky issues”, a source said, although Iran warned the fate of its nuclear program had not been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States and Pakistan have been talking up the prospects \u200cfor a deal in the more than six-week war, with U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> saying the accord would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closure of the strait has triggered the worst oil price shock in history and forced the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its outlook for the global economy, warning prolonged conflict<\/a> could push the world to the brink of recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan’s army chief and a key figure in the mediation, Field \u200bMarshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to try to prevent a renewal of the conflict after marathon talks held in Islamabad last weekend ended without a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior Iranian official \u200btold Reuters on Thursday that the trip had led to greater hopes for a second round of talks and an extension of the two-week ceasefire, but said \u2060fundamental differences remain over its nuclear program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that both sides are willing to resume talks, though no date had yet been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Pentagon briefing \u200bon Thursday that troops were poised to restart combat operations if a deal was not reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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