Recent developments center on stalled direct US-Iran negotiations following the June 2026 Islamabad Memorandum, which set a 60-day window for a final deal on issues including the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear matters. As of mid-August 2026, talks remain in deadlock, with indirect diplomacy via Oman, Qatar, and Pakistan producing drafts but no breakthroughs; both sides have issued new demands on reparations and waterway control. US officials signal progress on a Hormuz framework while Iran coordinates separately with Oman, and Pakistan has renewed efforts to reconvene the parties. These mediation dynamics, alongside the absence of confirmed direct rounds since June technical sessions in Switzerland, shape trader assessments of attendance prospects before year-end.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated$291,443 Vol.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
41%

Jared Kushner
36%

Steve Witkoff
43%

Abbas Araghchi
34%

J.D. Vance
31%

Ishaq Dar
30%

Kazem Gharibabadi
24%

Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
22%

Rafael Grossi
21%

Nick Stewart
18%

Majid Takht-Ravanchi
18%

Ahmad Vahidi
13%

Masoud Pezeshkian
13%

Donald Trump
13%

Marco Rubio
13%

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
11%

Pete Hegseth
8%

Esmail Qaani
7%

Mojtaba Khamenei
5%
$291,443 Vol.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
41%

Jared Kushner
36%

Steve Witkoff
43%

Abbas Araghchi
34%

J.D. Vance
31%

Ishaq Dar
30%

Kazem Gharibabadi
24%

Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
22%

Rafael Grossi
21%

Nick Stewart
18%

Majid Takht-Ravanchi
18%

Ahmad Vahidi
13%

Masoud Pezeshkian
13%

Donald Trump
13%

Marco Rubio
13%

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
11%

Pete Hegseth
8%

Esmail Qaani
7%

Mojtaba Khamenei
5%
A qualifying round must be a deliberate in-person diplomatic meeting or negotiating round concerning US-Iran relations, involving senior representatives of both the United States and Iran who are acting in an official capacity and are authorized to conduct or materially direct diplomacy on behalf of their governments.
Indirect in-person diplomacy through designated mediators, facilitators, or interlocutors will qualify, provided senior representatives of both the United States and Iran are participating in the same formal diplomatic process with the knowledge and authorization of their respective governments. The representatives need not be in the same room at the same time.
Follow-on technical talks from the June 22 Switzerland round will not qualify by themselves. Technical, staff-level, working-group, implementation, monitoring, preparatory, or deconfliction meetings will not qualify unless they occur as part of a new formally convened senior-level U.S.-Iran peace-talks round.
Brief greetings, chance encounters, photo opportunities, ceremonial appearances, or talks not deliberately aimed at diplomacy or negotiation will not count.
The meeting must be in-person (including indirect in-person meetings) and must be publicly acknowledged by either government or reported by a consensus of credible media. Remote meetings, phone calls, or other meetings where the relevant parties are not present will not count.
Attendance refers to the listed individual being physically present and actively participating.
If a formal senior-level round of peace talks between representatives of the United States and Iran takes place over multiple days, attendance at any part of the meeting will qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the listed individual and the governments of the United States and Iran; however, a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
Market Opened: Aug 12, 2026, 7:15 PM ET
Resolver
0x65070BE91...A qualifying round must be a deliberate in-person diplomatic meeting or negotiating round concerning US-Iran relations, involving senior representatives of both the United States and Iran who are acting in an official capacity and are authorized to conduct or materially direct diplomacy on behalf of their governments.
Indirect in-person diplomacy through designated mediators, facilitators, or interlocutors will qualify, provided senior representatives of both the United States and Iran are participating in the same formal diplomatic process with the knowledge and authorization of their respective governments. The representatives need not be in the same room at the same time.
Follow-on technical talks from the June 22 Switzerland round will not qualify by themselves. Technical, staff-level, working-group, implementation, monitoring, preparatory, or deconfliction meetings will not qualify unless they occur as part of a new formally convened senior-level U.S.-Iran peace-talks round.
Brief greetings, chance encounters, photo opportunities, ceremonial appearances, or talks not deliberately aimed at diplomacy or negotiation will not count.
The meeting must be in-person (including indirect in-person meetings) and must be publicly acknowledged by either government or reported by a consensus of credible media. Remote meetings, phone calls, or other meetings where the relevant parties are not present will not count.
Attendance refers to the listed individual being physically present and actively participating.
If a formal senior-level round of peace talks between representatives of the United States and Iran takes place over multiple days, attendance at any part of the meeting will qualify.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the listed individual and the governments of the United States and Iran; however, a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Recent developments center on stalled direct US-Iran negotiations following the June 2026 Islamabad Memorandum, which set a 60-day window for a final deal on issues including the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear matters. As of mid-August 2026, talks remain in deadlock, with indirect diplomacy via Oman, Qatar, and Pakistan producing drafts but no breakthroughs; both sides have issued new demands on reparations and waterway control. US officials signal progress on a Hormuz framework while Iran coordinates separately with Oman, and Pakistan has renewed efforts to reconvene the parties. These mediation dynamics, alongside the absence of confirmed direct rounds since June technical sessions in Switzerland, shape trader assessments of attendance prospects before year-end.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated


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