Steve Witkoff

The meeting came days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign threatening sanctions on countries and entities doing business with Iran

Iranian official confirms Tehran received Pakistan’s proposal, says won’t open Hormuz Strait in exchange for ‘temporary ceasefire’

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Iranian negotiators openly bragged about their uranium stockpile and nuclear potential, a revelation he says made clear that Iran had no intention of reaching a genuine a

“I think they’d be foolish not to reach an agreement,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business, noting that a “huge fleet” is currently moving toward the region

Ahead of a planned meeting with Iran's FM Araghchi in Istanbul on Friday, Witkoff is scheduled to travel to Israel on Monday, where he will meet Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday

The plan could grant the U.S. sovereignty over small areas of Greenland for military bases, while tariffs set for February 1 are postponed

“If it turns out that he is among those blocking a strike on Iran, that is far more than a coincidence”

After almost five hours of discussions in Moscow, Putin’s aide Ushakov says contacts between Russia and the US will continue over reaching an agreed-upon peace plan for the two countries

'If Europe wants to fight a war, we are ready now; European demands are not acceptable to Russia,' Putin says

Bloomberg publishes a transcript from the phone call between Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, the day after Trump spoke at the Knesset following the successful Gaza deal

US officials say the talks will be 'a flexible negotiation' despite conflicting claims over the proposal's interests and source - report

The pause in sanctions is said to be for 6 months

US Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with hostages that were released from Hamas captivity last week; they were thanked for their 'tireless' work to securing the deal that brought them home

In an interview with IDF radio station Galei Tzahal, Likud Knesset member Amit Halevi criticized Witkoff and Kushner: "The Middle East is not like doing business in Miami"

Kushner: "We can't afford to fail," Witkoff: "We just kept on thinking to ourselves, "This finish line is about saving lives"

The US Special Envoy conveyed a message to Hamas in behind-the-scenes talks regarding the conditions for ending the war and releasing the remaining Israeli hostages, Israeli media reports.

The Gazan jihadist group, meanwhile, releases a new video showing the tortured and emaciated hostage

The visit comes as the administration is readying to unveil a plan to rejig the mechanism of aid delivery to the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave

'Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,' Witkoff said in a statement. 'We will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home'

Indicating potential progress in ongoing hostage deal and Israel-Gaza ceasefire negotiations

Steve Witkoff also said he was hopeful there would be a peace agreement with Iran, and that 'Iran is ready' to make a deal with the US

Yaakov's son confirmed the report on his Instagram account. This leave 54 Israeli hostages still held captive in the Gaza Strip

In an address marking the 36th anniversary of late leader Ruhollah Khomeini, Khamenei said that the 'proposal contradicts our nation’s belief in self-reliance and the principle of "We Can"'

'We want to guarantee that the sanctions are effectively lifted,' Iran's foreign ministry said – 'So far, the American side has not wanted to clarify this issue'