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News & Current Events Apr 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM

Iran mediators make last-ditch push for 45-day ceasefire

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nerphurp Apr 6, 2026 +1126
>U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff > Welp.
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MilkyWayObserver Apr 6, 2026 +422
Source: trust me bro To ensure the market opens green again Nothing has changed and now there’s rumours they might close the Red Sea Markets these days are just run by algos with no fundamentals 
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NotTheBusDriver Apr 6, 2026 +88
No no no. I 100% believe that Iran is in talks with the USA. Even though the USA attacked Iran the last time they were having talks.
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tackle_bones Apr 6, 2026 +24
Didn’t you hear, dude? Trump gave the negotiators immunity from death. Lmao, I would post /s, but the dipshit actually said that.
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InterstellarReddit Apr 6, 2026 +32
I beleive they’re even having dinner right now, McDonald at the white house /s
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goingfullretard-orig Apr 6, 2026 +3
McTreason with a side of Freedom Fries
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hueythecat Apr 6, 2026 +6
And murdered the minister of foreign affairs wife.
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[deleted] Apr 7, 2026 +1
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NotTheBusDriver Apr 7, 2026 +1
Netanyahu proving once more his willingness to bomb his way to peace.
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hiricinee Apr 6, 2026 -28
Well if you want to negotiate from strength you dont stop bombing them until they make concessions. I dont think the regime can be negotiated with though, they need the gravy train from exploiting their people they arent going to give up power.
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Fluffy_Marionberry54 Apr 6, 2026 +32
I honestly can’t tell which side you’re talking about.
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Calm-Zombie2678 Apr 6, 2026 +15
I was about to comment the same lol
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Settra_Rulez Apr 6, 2026 -14
Multiple countries including Pakistan and Turkey say they’ve been mediating talks for a week or two at this point.
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Jurodan Apr 6, 2026 +23
Not true, Iran has damaged more Kuwaiti oil production and desalination plants.
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RobaDubDub Apr 7, 2026
Hopefully, they won't be able to do that anymore.After tuesday , that would be the best
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keepitfriend Apr 6, 2026 +3
It's ok, we're almost at the end of the market stability, whats being traded on paper is still based on theoretical shortages and mostly just in Oil/Gas. The final shipments of Oil, Gas, Fertiliser, Urea, Helium have pretty much all reached their destinations now and the real supply shock is going to hit the markets when people try to place orders for stock that simply isn't available any more. Trumps games with the markets will come to a pretty swift end when the shipments just don't show up any more
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rabidstoat Apr 6, 2026 +133
Witcoff at least has a title. In all these articles it's "and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner." Like that's his job title in this administration. Son-in-law. Might as well be saying "and random bowling alley owner, Bob Schlepp" or something.
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Shopworn_Soul Apr 6, 2026 +61
>Witcoff at least has a title. Witkoff has absolutely no more qualification than Kushner. Both of these dudes are useless tools, so far out of their depth that they don't even know where the deep end began.
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Ok_Complex8873 Apr 6, 2026 +22
he is going into history as one of the most absurd, comical, unqualified, incompetent emissaries. In the hindsight this Krugger Dunning specimen will be studied.
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Grow_away_420 Apr 6, 2026 +3
At the rate we're going history books are gonna be written by AI and they'll just congregate news on the internet and spew out whatever it thinks actually happened.
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Fusilero Apr 6, 2026 +1
Not if all the data centres get bombed.
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Bored2001 Apr 6, 2026 +6
Yea but he's an actual employee of the government. Jared is just there for some reason.
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SylvesterStapwn Apr 6, 2026 +8
Represent Saudi interests
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sonofcrack Apr 6, 2026 +31
You can say the same thing about Witcoff. He was given a title because he’s Trumps friend. Kushner said he wouldn’t even be involved in the administration before the election but I’m sure he and Witcoff saw they could help expand Israel and here we are. They are occupying Lebanon
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DimensioT Apr 6, 2026 +1
I would trust random bowling alley owner, Bob Schlepp, over Jared Kushner.
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whatproblems Apr 6, 2026 +20
didn’t iran say they weren’t negotiating with these schmucks
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Relative_Baseball180 Apr 6, 2026 +5
They all say that, but clearly neither side wants to legitimately continue this. They are both hurting.
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Robj2 Apr 6, 2026 +3
Welp, judging by the Dementia in Chief, "negotiating" is carrying a lot of water here. And Iran has Don by the Straits.
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Downtown-Sell5949 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Oh Iran is negotiating. They currently have all the cards. America does not.
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Robj2 Apr 6, 2026 +7
You mean the guy who was "negotiating" along with Jared while we bombed Iran? I'm sure Iran really wants to "negotiate" with him.
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beekeeper1981 Apr 6, 2026 +5
Also the guy who's in charge of negotiating an end to Russia's war. Who happens to always kiss Putin's ass.
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thhvancouver Apr 6, 2026 +4
Seriously... couldn't Trump have at least found some competent yes-men?
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Robj2 Apr 6, 2026 +9
Competence and Trump appointees do not co-exist. The gals get cashiered a lot quicker than the Kegdrinkers though.
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AntitheistArchangel Apr 6, 2026 +9
What people don’t understand is that Trump chose Witkoff *because* Witkoff doesn’t know shit about diplomacy. Trump views traditional diplomacy as ineffective, too rules-based, and overly bureaucratic. In his view, the only two things that matter in the world are money and power. Thus, Trump thinks diplomacy is like business dealings, which is why he thinks Witkoff and Kushner are the best men for the job.
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standardtissue Apr 6, 2026 +1
Haven't we had enough of real-estate guys who get into politics ?
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YouClaimToBeAPlayer Apr 6, 2026 +733
I can not believe they've done the "We're really close to a deal" thing to manipulate the markets and it's worked *every single time*. Incredible.
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008Zulu Apr 6, 2026 +180
The markets are the easiest thing to play when you're in power.
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immersive-matthew Apr 6, 2026 +34
Elon Musk agrees.
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lastpassonright Apr 6, 2026 +57
The world doesn't need energy or fertilizer, just pure vibes baby.
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TrinDiesel123 Apr 6, 2026 +35
A lot of it is algorithms that are set react to key words.
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__MeatyClackers__ Apr 6, 2026 +4
Shirley this isn’t true.
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TrinDiesel123 Apr 6, 2026 +24
It’s true and don’t call me Shirley.
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TheWolrdsonFire Apr 6, 2026 +1
Shirley you're lying right?
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TrinDiesel123 Apr 6, 2026 +4
No. You really think it’s a bunch of guys waiting at their desks with their phones waiting to buy and sell? It’s all high speed algorithms that are programmed by large firms to get an advantage. Some of the insiders who know how Trump is manipulating the markets get in first but the rest is programmed to get the jump on everyone else. Thats why the the little guys are always one step behind.
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Brambletail Apr 6, 2026 +1
That's part of the answer but not all of it. 90% of volume in trades is by HFT and that does move markets somewhat, but in dollars, it's a much lower amount. HFTs trade the same smallish trades thousands of times a day. You still have larger institutional market makers and traditional firms and funds trading by hand, and that is pretty common. However those guys are not trading in the day to day regime, more like month to month and year to year. They move markets a lot more though when they buy or sell, because they are typically unrolling or gobbling up billions (especially the firms that manage ETFs like BR, Vanguard, etc ). Important to remember outside of hedgies and HFTs, most of the financial world is not trading to make money. They trade to buy or sell shares to bundle into products like ETFs and Mutual Funds to sell to retirement accounts and WSB degens. So they make money on the tiny fee they charge and are somewhat disconnected from the price they pay, because it is nearly entirely pass through.
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TrinDiesel123 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Exactly. Well put. I was just talking about the big sudden swings that happen when big news hits.
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Seaweedminer Apr 6, 2026 +11
Or maybe, just maybe, the colluders were ready with cash in hand to manipulate the market in overnight trading, to make it look like people believed and dupe other investors to get in with an early morning sell off following the jump.  Maybe. 
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civilPDX Apr 6, 2026 +4
Well the “markets” are self serving tools for the idiot rich at this point, so.
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SkinEmbarrassed7129 Apr 6, 2026 +8
"last ditch Push " doesnt mean they're really close to a deal
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Obvious_Toe_3006 Apr 6, 2026 +4
Political equivalent to the NFL "tush push." ?
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floridabeach9 Apr 6, 2026 +3
yea its 4th and 1 and the administration lines up in the tush push telling the world “we’re doing it!” and they false start and go for it on 4th and 6 and false start again, 4th and 11, false start, 4th and 16, they punt to the next administration.
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diligent_twerker Apr 6, 2026 +3
Futures are down as of 10:38 CST.
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OkFix4074 Apr 6, 2026 +3
Taco Tuesday is just around the corner
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cuntysometimes Apr 6, 2026 +1
Continues to work… they need to change the algo parameters
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git0ffmylawnm8 Apr 6, 2026 +1
If you've seen the sorry state of American education, it makes a lot of sense
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Inthehead35 Apr 6, 2026 +1
It sucks, but Trump is the president, no matter how many lies, the markets have to believe
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conanap Apr 6, 2026 +1
Tbf it gave me a good point to exit the market as it nearly completely recovered (this is for my retirement savings, US equivalent of 401k); now I can wait for the dip to buy again.
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Mans_Fury Apr 6, 2026 +1
The markets are fake
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Jimmaplesong Apr 9, 2026 +1
People buy because they think other people believe Trump. It could be nobody trusts him, but dance the dance because it’s familiar at this point.
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RightHamster Apr 6, 2026
Just shows you that the US don't want to keep this up
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Other_Information_16 Apr 6, 2026 +41
So how many times now we are close to a deal? Meanwhile the Iranian has explicitly said they will not negotiate with Witkoff.
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SporksInjected Apr 6, 2026 +7
They also said no negotiations were happening
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ResponsibleDesk2516 Apr 6, 2026 +161
Right before the markets open surprise! We might have a deal, for this time. Totally.
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HiIary4Prison Apr 6, 2026 +19
Imagine wanting a ceasefire with a country like Iran when you’re the United States with the 3 most strongest and technologically advanced militaries in the world. What a colossal f*** up. It’s like the USA is running around like a chicken with its head cut off. What an embarrassment. And I was led to believe no administration could get in the way of the US military industrial complex. Boy, was I wrong.
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MommersHeart Apr 6, 2026 +26
LOL “according to four U.S., Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks.” Good grief.
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nosfer82 Apr 6, 2026 +6
The people from pakistan who americans talks to , and will pass the "agreement" to the Iranian side to reject. they are the "Iranian mediators"
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selfiecat Apr 6, 2026 +77
Market manipulation
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dontlooktothesky Apr 6, 2026 +76
isn't this blatant market manipulation against the law in some way? shouldn't our Congress and/or Supreme Court be looking into this?
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it_diedinhermouth Apr 6, 2026 +36
The one who makes the law can’t by definition break the law. So said the scrotus
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nickfavee Apr 6, 2026 +12
Gave me quite the chuckle there
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PoopyInThePeePeeHole Apr 6, 2026 +1
Ahahahahahaaa....
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ux3l Apr 6, 2026 +1
I guess that's the SEC's job, which is probably led by a Trump loyalist.
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Scholastic_nobody Apr 6, 2026 +47
These guys push the same garbage every Sunday to help manipulate the markets for the Trump admin.
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Horror-Layer-8178 Apr 6, 2026 +40
Does Axios know they are being manipulated to keep the market from crashing and oil from shooting up? What ever Trump peon made up this story is probably mad at Trump's Tweet saying they are going to blow up Iranian bridges
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Halbaras Apr 6, 2026 +5
Axios has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of favourable 'leaks' by the Trump administration whenever they want to gauge public opinion on an issue, control a narrative or make someone look like the 'adult in the room'. They know exactly what they're doing.
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UbiSububi8 Apr 6, 2026 +176
Sources are US and Israeli, so complete bullshit. Our emperor has no clothes.
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OmNomSandvich Apr 6, 2026 +7
> The sources said the chances for reaching a partial deal over the next 48 hours are slim. Axios is being pretty upfront about this
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Robj2 Apr 6, 2026 +2
Who reads the article? Axios gets paid by the headline.
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UbiSububi8 Apr 6, 2026 +2
It’s behind a paywall.
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banditta82 Apr 6, 2026 +14
Depends highly on what the regional source is that is also claiming it.
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RightHamster Apr 6, 2026 +7
Oh right, let's wait for the reliable sources from Iran
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Nervous_Chemical7566 Apr 6, 2026 +9
Apparently the sources are “four U.S., Israeli and regional sources with knowledge of the talks.” So everybody is claiming knowledge, nobody said they had to be reliable lol.
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MrF_lawblog Apr 6, 2026 +1
Why can't they say who they are talking to in Iran? Like who has proven they are running the country
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keithabarta Apr 6, 2026 +10
State of the world rn lk
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vdek Apr 6, 2026 -14
Only idiots on listnook believe the nonsense from the IRGC. Just because you're getting upvoted for it here doesn't mean the majority of the world believes it.
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sonkist32 Apr 6, 2026 +44
This Axios place seems to always release the news that a deal is close…stop reading their fake news.
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Zulmoka531 Apr 6, 2026 +14
F****** market manipulation Monday already eh?
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blow_slogan Apr 6, 2026 +10
More market manipulation from Trump for Monday morning. It’s been back and forth like this since it began and the markets still fall for it.
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DrPsyz9 Apr 6, 2026 +5
Who are "Iran mediators"? Hint: they aren't Iranians.
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Electrical-Staff735 Apr 6, 2026 +6
Pretty sad I'm trusting Iran more than whatever TF this administration says. How fubar are we as a nation for that to happen.
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izcenine Apr 6, 2026 +6
Iranians have us on our heels. Why would they ask for a caesefire. If we start bombing civilian infrastructure, that aint winning the hearts and minds.
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Edward-Gentry Apr 6, 2026 +3
Weird way to spell “US” mediators.
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pirategirljess Apr 6, 2026 +3
$50 bucks says daddy trump will let it go for another 45 days.
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billleachmsw Apr 6, 2026 +3
Unreliable sources no doubt.
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Mindless-Peak-1687 Apr 6, 2026 +3
what a bullshit american exceptionalistic title. USA do not have the cards.
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absat41 Apr 6, 2026 +3
Axios doing the heavy lifting for Trump and the Stock Market. What is this AI slop? 
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TheGodPePe Apr 6, 2026 +2
Right before Asian markets opened. Shameless
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BodybuilderUpbeat786 Apr 6, 2026 +2
What happens after the 45 days?
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TK421missingfrompost Apr 6, 2026 +2
Good chance to get your puts in
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ElephantOk4715 Apr 6, 2026 +2
Only the most trust worthy journalists are former Israeli intelligence officers. /s
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ux3l Apr 6, 2026 +2
Who had this brilliant idea to bomb civilian infrastructure? Maybe it doesn't reduce the upset of Iranian civilians against their government, but it definitely doesn't increase it. And it increases the hate against USA and Israel.
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Pentaminymum Apr 6, 2026 +4
I dont understand tho, why ceasefire? Why not call it off entirely? Ceasefire meaning they are gonna come back to this down the road? If so whats the ceasefire purpose?
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D1rtyH1ppy Apr 6, 2026 +7
It's a middle ground for everyone. It's showing that neither side is backing down and that each party can begin talking. I think the real possibility of Iran not having clean water or electricity for months is a good point to call a timeout for everyone before this thing gets worse 
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beekeeper1981 Apr 6, 2026 +1
I think it's more about the American side being desperate for a ceasefire so they don't have to TACO on the war crime threats again.
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doolpicate Apr 6, 2026 +4
Witkoff, Kushner, Trump. Never trust these aholes.
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NomadFH Apr 6, 2026 +6
When was the last time Israel obeyed a ceasefire
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Corny_Snickers Apr 6, 2026 +3
Id be surprised if Iran wants a ceasefire after how this week has gone, if civilian infrastructure is bombed like water or power plants maybe then, but at the moment they still hold the cards and the trump admin is losing their mind being shown to have 0 control or power without having to break international laws or commit war crimes.
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dafunkmunk Apr 6, 2026 +2
Why is the US pushing for a ceasefire with a country they aren't at war with, but the US has also completely destroyed all their military equipment and ability to launch missiles, and has already won the not war against them and can leave at any time because their objectives are completed? Surely there is no point to a ceasefire with a country that has no ability to fire anything
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yo-chill Apr 6, 2026 +3
Until Israel kills the negotiators… again
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Snoo23533 Apr 6, 2026 +4
Idk why thisbis downvoted, it is exactly what happened. Israel wants the US to remain in this mess to help kill their enemies.
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r3dditr0x Apr 6, 2026 +1
>Israel kills the negotiators I think they call that a "Kushner."
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fxbob Apr 6, 2026 +3
Isn't that what you call a silent shart?
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YourSpanishMomTaco Apr 6, 2026 +2
I wanna believe that it's the Iranian government wanting the ceasefire but the IRGC is wanting the opposite. Of course it could all be bullshit propaganda.
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zimon85 Apr 6, 2026 +1
Imagine you are someone in the State Department. You have a PhD in international relations and you have spent at least a decade specializing in the geopolitics of the Middle East, working for multiple administrations and handling diplomatic talks at high level like the ones that yielded Obama's nuclear deal.  And now you watch in horror as the world crumbles and talks are done by the president's son-in-law and the president's golfing buddy while your boss, former senator Marco Rubio, strolls around in comically big shoes
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ElectricalGene6146 Apr 6, 2026
IRGC doesn’t want a deal and Trump is too much of a p**** to send in Troops for a longer term incursion.
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ExCap2 Apr 6, 2026 -1
I would actually agree with you that Trump has been a p****. He should've taken out the Oil and Electric from the beginning. They should have known Iran would never make a deal on anything. They've been funding Hezbollah/Hamas/Houthi for years, if not decades. And they'll continue to do so. Just taking out military infrastructure isn't going to do anything. But that's my hot take. Iran is huge so they were never going to get 100% of all the launchers/military equipment/other stuff that's hidden underground/caves/etc. We don't need boots on the ground. No power, no oil would be tough for Iran to swallow.
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6597james Apr 6, 2026 +3
So you’re saying they should have carried out some w ar crimes already. Certainly a hot take
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AbbreviationsKnown24 Apr 6, 2026 +6
Sure, take out the electricity, who cares how many civilians die right? Not like the Iranian population is human anyway.
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6597james Apr 6, 2026 +1
They should have done some war crimes already. Certainly a hot take
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_grey_wall Apr 6, 2026 +1
Is it market manipulation Monday already?
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genuineorc Apr 6, 2026 +1
Need to arrest and charge the fraudsters making up these stories.
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nosfer82 Apr 6, 2026 +1
The people from pakistan who americans talks to , and will pass the "agreement" to the Iranian side to reject. they are the "Iranian mediators"
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LateralEntry Apr 6, 2026 +1
Another article here says the Iranians just refused a temporary ceasefire
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luckylukiec Apr 6, 2026 +1
Trump is chicken shit, no one believes you so say all the crazy shit you want then backtrack like a p****.
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SenseiKingPong Apr 6, 2026 +1
Breaking news: Iranian diplomats are currently at the White House discussing ways to halt the war. Meetings are taking place underground, beneath the new ballroom.
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Electrifying2017 Apr 6, 2026 +1
I’m pretty sure they’ll still get bombed regardless, going by the other ceasefire agreements.
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edgeplayer Apr 6, 2026
Well, that's an obvious lie. Iran knows America has no intention of honouring any agreement. So who is coming out with this incredible rubbish masquerading as news ?
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dumboldnoob Apr 6, 2026 +1
the americans just love putting out bs stories huh?
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motherseffinjones Apr 6, 2026 +1
Markets gonna pop 10% and Iran is gonna have the houthis close the Red Sea after Trump his their bridges and energy plants lol
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Careful-Trade-9666 Apr 6, 2026 +1
“According to US, Israeli and regions sources”. So no direct confirmation from Iran that Iran is pushing for a ceasefire. Got it.
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Wonderful-Air7048 Apr 6, 2026
Trump can now only bomb civilian facilities and commit war crimes. The Iranian bunkers are too deep for him to destroy the stored missiles, and he can only attack the entrances, which the Iranians reopen within days or weeks.
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