US, Iranian teams could return to the negotiating table

Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries in decades ended without a breakthrough.



A source involved in the talks said a date was not yet decided, but both countries could return as early as the end of this week.



"No firm date has been set, with the delegations keeping Friday through Sunday open," a senior Iranian source said.



The weekend meeting in Pakistan's capital to resolve the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, held four days after last Tuesday's ceasefire announcement, was the first direct encounter between U.S. and Iranian officials in more than a decade, and the most senior engagement since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.



A proposal has been shared with both the U.S. and Iran to resend their delegates to resume the talks.



Two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the talks said Islamabad was communicating with the two sides about the timing of the next round and the meeting would likely take place on the weekend.