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Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) to pass on. 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
Iran to enter into peace negotiations. Zamir Akram, a former Pakistani ambassador, said Pakistan’s embassy in Washington had represented Iranian interests there since the 1979 revolution, while Pakistan had set up secret talks
Iran, welcomed the Israel-Lebanon truce on Friday and expressed “hope that it will pave the way for sustainable peace”. He also praised the mediation [role of US President Donald Trump](/news/2026/4/16/trump-says-israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-temporary-ceasefire), who has invited
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
talks in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) scheduled for Saturday. Pezeshkian vowed Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. According to Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had been held back
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
Pakistan, Iran has in recent weeks sought multistage negotiations, with a preliminary deal aimed at ending the war, and negotiations on the White House’s demands that Tehran end its nuclear programme pushed for later
talks in Islamabad between senior US and Iranian officials on April 11. Pakistan said both Iranian and US aircraft used the base. “The Iranian aircraft currently parked in Pakistan arrived during the ceasefire period
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
peace and protect the fragile ceasefire had continued behind the scenes. Khatibzadeh claimed that Pakistan had intervened to stop Iran retaliating against the strikes on Lebanon. Ahead of the first round of discussions in Islamabad
Pakistan today if Iran agrees to further talks on ending the conflict. Tehran has given mixed signals about whether they will attend and, at time of writing, it remainds unclear. Meanwhile, time is ticking away
peace cannot be built with the language of humiliation, threat, and forced concession-taking,” he wrote on X. Iran’s demands, he said, represented “not maximum demands” but “the minimum requirements for any serious, sustainable
talks. On Thursday, Ali Fayyad, a Hezbollah politician, [told](/news/liveblog/2026/4/16/iran-war-live-pakistan-in-push-for-new-round-of-us-iran-peace-negotiations) Al Jazeera Arabic that the group will approach the newly announced ceasefire with “caution and vigilance” and any targeting of Lebanese sites by Israeli forces
peace settlement between Iran and the US. The recent missteps ended with Iran saying it would [reinstate a complete block on the movement of commercial shipping through the strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-closes-strait-of-hormuz-again-until-us-lifts-blockade)
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
peaceful nuclear energy and disarmament. The JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was the 2015 agreement between Iran and six world powers that capped Tehran’s uranium enrichment and placed its facilities under international
Pakistan. In an overnight post on X on Tuesday, Ghalibaf wrote that Iran is “prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield” after Trump threatened Tehran with “problems like they’ve never seen before
role as its leaders hold high-level talks in Tehran and the Gulf. Amid a renewed push to end the war, a Pakistani delegation, led by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir is in Tehran
Pakistan says it expects a deal soon Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke by phone Thursday with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said. "We expect an agreement sooner rather than later
peace talks and came after a senior Iranian official said that Trump's [ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people, including Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil