ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 11, 2026 15:34The United States and Iran are nearing an agreement, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Bloomberg News in Islamabad on Tuesday.“Things are shaping up again in favor of a peace arrangement or a deal,” Asif said. “The signals in the last two or three days are that we are close to some sort of an arrangement.”Asif added that he believed that a long-term peace agreement would benefit the Middle East, according to Bloomberg.This is a developing story.Follow us on Google