Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on Sunday, after a meeting between negotiators slated for Friday in Switzerland was called off, raising uncertainty over the future of talks, as the 60-day clock on hammering out details of a deal was already ticking.

Meanwhile, Iran appeared Friday to continue placing restrictions on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz despite the memorandum of understanding signed this week.

In Washington, US President Donald Trump lashed out once again in the midst of the intensified fighting in Lebanon — which reportedly caused Iran to balk at the stalled nuclear talks. Israel and Hezbollah agreed Friday to a renewed ceasefire, but the future of the talks remained unclear.

“We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did,” Trump wrote in a social media post Friday. “They are FINISHED! We’ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!”

Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Friday that the four-way meeting in Cairo would bring together the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt to “discuss regional developments and exchange views on issues related to peace, security and stability.”

Egypt’s foreign ministry said late Thursday that the meeting would be followed by expanded talks and a joint news conference. The ministry initially said the meeting would be held in the Egyptian resort of El Alamein, before updating the location to Cairo.

The four foreign ministers last met in April on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in the Turkish resort city of Antalya.

The Cairo meeting comes after US-Iran talks scheduled in Switzerland for Friday, aimed at following up on the agreement to end the war, were postponed, according to the Swiss........

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