How was the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal reached?

In the aboriginal hours of Saturday (April 11, 2026), an Iranian delegation, led by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, reached Islamabad and was welcomed by Field Marshal Asim Munir and Foreign Minister Mohammed Ishaq Dar astatine the airport. They were followed by the accomplishment of the U.S. negotiating team, led by Vice President J.D. Vance, peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. The mediated talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran are aimed astatine cementing a imperishable ceasefire, pursuing the two-week ceasefire declared earlier past week.

On March 24, The New York Times reported that the U.S. had sent Iran a 15-point program to extremity the war, much than 3 weeks aft the U.S., on with Israel, had started bombing the country. The work said that the program was handed implicit to the Iranian broadside by Pakistan’s Gen. Munir. It is believed that helium had been successful interaction with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the almighty paramilitary unit of Iran that emerged much almighty successful Iran aft Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated by a U.S.-Israeli strike.