Esmail Baghaei
Iranian diplomat (born 1975)
Photo: Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Sep 23
US and Iran hold indirect talks in New York as Trump weighs deal against war
American envoys and Iranian diplomats engaged in three hours of indirect discussions mediated by Qatar in New York, seeking terms to pause the seven-month war.
- Aug 3
Iran denies any talks with US, says only Oman consultations underway on Strait of Hormuz safe passage
Iran's foreign ministry on Monday denied any current negotiations with the United States, hours after President Trump said talks would begin that afternoon and that he had called off a planned military strike.
- Jul 26
US pauses Iran strikes for second day as Oman-mediated talks on Strait of Hormuz advance
Washington suspended bombings for a second day as Omani mediators held talks in Tehran on safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while both sides signalled openness to a negotiated end to the nearly two-week escalation.
- Jul 22
Iran threatens to strike US interests across Middle East after Trump vows to destroy bridges, power plants for each Hormuz attack
Tehran says it will strike US-linked infrastructure across the Middle East if Washington attacks Iranian bridges or power plants, after Trump vowed to destroy one such target for every ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Jul 12
Iran’s new supreme leader vows revenge, freezes talks as Trump declares Strait of Hormuz ceasefire over
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei pledged to avenge his father’s killing and Iran suspended negotiations hours after President Trump declared the three-week ceasefire dead, while diplomats gathered in Oman.
- Jun 30
Trump claims Doha talks with Iran set for Tuesday as Tehran denies any meeting scheduled
President Trump says a meeting requested by Iran will take place Tuesday in Doha, while Tehran insists no talks are scheduled this week and technical discussions will resume only when conditions are met.
- Jun 19
US lifts blockade on Strait of Hormuz, 12.5 million barrels of oil flow on first night of ceasefire
The United States lifted its military blockade of Iranian ports overnight, allowing 12.5 million barrels of crude to transit the Strait of Hormuz, as the preliminary peace agreement between Washington and Tehran came into effect.
- Jun 13
Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed Sunday as Netanyahu calls emergency security meeting
President Trump announced a US-Iran memorandum of understanding will be signed on Sunday, promising to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu summoned his security cabinet for an evening meeting amid warnings the terms endanger Israel's interests.
- Jun 12
Trump declares 'war with Iran is over' but Tehran, markets and Netanyahu push back
Donald Trump announced the US has “ended the war with Iran” and cancelled airstrikes, claiming a framework deal is days from signing. Iran, Israel and even parts of the oil market treated the declaration with scepticism.
- May 28
Iran and the U.S. Exchange Fire in the Gulf, Threatening Fragile Ceasefire and Peace Talks
The United States struck targets in southern Iran and shot down four drones, prompting retaliatory Iranian missile attacks on a U.S. base in Kuwait, marking the most serious hostilities since the ceasefire began on April 8.