54 resultsfor “role of Pakistan in US Iran talks”
Pakistan continues to play a leading role in mediating talks aimed at ending the US-Israel war on Iran
talks in 1971 that led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the US. “Pakistan’s role today does not come out of the blue,” said Akram. “Pakistan
US forces began massive air strikes on Iran on 28 February. A ceasefire in place since last month meant to facilitate talks has been largely observed, despite some exchanges of fire. Pakistan has been playing
US-Iran negotiations [are gathering pace](/news/liveblog/2026/4/16/iran-war-live-pakistan-in-push-for-new-round-of-us-iran-peace-negotiations), with Pakistan again having an important mediating role as its leaders hold high-level talks
US-Iran talks would happen. That dynamic changed on Friday morning. ## Flurry of calls Araghchi spoke by phone with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, on Friday morning. Dar underscored
US talks Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, [arrived in Tehran on Friday](/news/liveblog/2026/5/23/iran-war-live-tehran-says-diplomacy-continues-but-no-deal-yet-with-us) as diplomatic efforts to broker a peace agreement between Iran and the United States intensified. Pakistani officials
talk at any stage on subjects like India-US trade deal or US mediation between India and Pakistan,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri [said](/news/2025/6/18/indias-modi-maintains-there-was-no-us-mediation-in-pakistan-ceasefire) last June. Over the course of the US-Israel
talks in Pakistan and nowhere else, because we trust Pakistan,” he said. Muhammad Faisal, a Pakistani security analyst and scholar at the University of Technology Sydney, said the parallel outreach reflected a deliberate division
Pakistan’s role switched in recent days to a lower-profile but urgent task of running a backchannel, after momentum behind direct talks stalled. Islamabad believes the peace process can still make progress without
Iran denied any role in the attacks, saying it had not targeted any Gulf country since the ceasefire began. ## April 12: US naval blockade deepens tensions Four days into the ceasefire – and following the collapse
talks about Iran in Islamabad, April 11, 2026. [Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters] The broader question, he said, is “whether Iran can secure at least some degree of US pressure on Israel to adhere
Pakistan has already called on Beijing to play a larger mediation role in regional tensions, with officials telling [Al Jazeera](/news/2026/3/31/will-china-join-pakistan-led-efforts-to-mediate-us-iran-peace) that China is viewed as a credible actor capable of helping stabilise US-Iran
talks with the US last Saturday, followed by a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian. He also met Major-General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational command
Pakistan had maintained that Lebanon should be covered in a separate US-Iran ceasefire framework, while Israel claimed it was not part of that deal and continued its attacks. Ali Akbar Dareini, a researcher
role in trying to advance negotiations with the US. Hardline lawmakers like Mahmoud Nabavian, who was among [dozens of negotiating team members](/news/2026/4/16/no-date-set-for-us-iran-talks-as-pakistan-pushes-to-keep-diplomacy-alive) participating in talks with the US in Pakistan in April, have gone
Pakistan is the only actor that has military and security ties with both Washington and Tehran,” he said, adding that its role in shaping the narrative around any agreement, allowing both sides to claim success
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar – who have played a crucial role in mediation between the warring sides – flew to China, Iran’s top trading partner, for a four
role was played by China. They became a guarantor of the ceasefire and pledged that the US would standby the agreement and that talks would go smoothly in Islamabad. They told Iran to accept this
role in attempting to mediate an end to the war between the US and Iran. On April 8, the US and Iran announced a Pakistan-mediated [two-week ceasefire](/features/2026/4/8/how-pakistan-managed-to-get-the-us-and-iran-to-a-ceasefire). That came about following hectic
role. During the war, Pakistan sent troops and fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia, while Egyptian soldiers and planes were stationed in the UAE, Cairo’s biggest financial backer. There is also talk of striking