The U.S. and Iran stuck on Thursday to directly opposing stances over Tehran's uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, providing little fodder for hope in Pakistani-led efforts to end the conflict.

Iranian sources say Khamenei ordered highly enriched uranium to remain in the country, complicating US-led talks as Trump warns of renewed strikes and Israel demands the stockpile…

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has, however, issued a directive that the uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources told Reuters before Trump's…