Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner headed to Pakistan for Iran negotiations (opens in new tab)

Iranian foreign minister has landed in Islamabad but his ministry says there will be no direct negotiations with the US envoyThe US said on Friday it had imposed sanctions on an independent “teapot” refinery in China for buying billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil, as Washington and Tehran head into another round of peace talks this weekend.The Treasury Department targeted Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, which it said is one of Iran’s largest customers of crude oil and petroleum ...