![Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar]() Delegation staff members meet on the day of a quadrilateral meeting between the US, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar. Nathan Howard/Pool via ReutersUS and Iranian negotiators, including Vice President JD Vance, concluded high-level talks early this morning as a deal to curtail Tehran’s nuclear program faces growing hurdles. On Sunday, Trump threatened to “hit Iran very hard again” over Tehran’s support for Hezbollah in Lebanon. But both sides made “encouraging progress,” mediators Qatar and Pakistan said. Back in Washington, Trump faces rising Republican skepticism about a deal. “I think it’s going to fail,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, though he defended Trump for trying diplomacy even if the memorandum of understanding signed last week is “problematic.” One reason Trump will be reluctant to restart attacks on Iran: falling oil and gas prices. Energy Secretary Chris Wright declined to predict when they would reach their prewar levels but told ABC “they will continue to head down.” |