Tentative Iran truce extension awaits OK

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WASHINGTON — U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Iran did not immediately confirm any deal, and the official noted that President Donald Trump has yet to sign off on it. Even as U.S. and Iranian officials acknowledged negotiators had agreed to a draft memorandum, White House officials provided only a vague outline of what they had agreed to, at least preliminarily. But the development could amount…

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