Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire

Mediators are moving closer to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and renewed Iranian threats have imperiled the week-old agreement but regional officials said Wednesday they are making progress. They told The Associated Press that the United States and Iran had given an “in principle agreement” to extend it to allow for more diplomacy. Whether the ceasefire would hold is unclear as U.S. pressed ahead with its blockade, which threatens to sever Iran from economic lifelines it has relied on since the war began.