US EditionPakistan Offers to Host Talks with U.S. and Iran in Islamabad in Bid to End War
Pakistan leverages historic mediation experience and back-channel ties to facilitate US-Iran talks aimed at ending Gulf conflict and preventing escalation, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif formally pitched Islamabad as a potential venue for negotiations between the United States and Iran to end the ongoing conflict.
- Pakistan has acted as a go-between, delivering messages between the United States and Tehran as the conflict neared major escalation over energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei confirmed Tuesday that Iran received and answered messages from the United States, while President Donald Trump claimed "15 points" of agreement are being discussed.
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the war a "breach of international law" on Tuesday, while Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed stability requires "cooperation and respect for the will of the nations."
- Future talks face significant hurdles as Iran would demand guarantees against military action and control of the Strait of Hormuz, concessions that remain "red lines" for the Trump administration.
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