India, April 8 -- As US President Donald Trump's deadline on Iran looms, apprehensions have grown over Washington's, and with it Tehran's, next course of action in the West Asia conflict that began in late February.

Trump gave one of his most damning and ominous threats to Iran, saying in a Truth Social post that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again". Iran replied with a threat of its own, saying that it will hit targets beyond the region if its civilian infrastructure is harmed.

With these threats and counter-threats, and apprehensions about the possibility of a nuclear strike by the US, it is pertinent to find out where the talks stand at the moment.

According to multiple US-Israeli sources quoted by...