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Pakistan has been playing [a central role](/news/2026/5/18/pakistans-mediation-faces-limits-as-iran-us-tensions-deepen) in indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran, with Iran saying it delivered its response to the latest US
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
negotiation, and Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said on Wednesday he had been promised a revised offer from [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) to pass on. Pakistan’s role switched in recent days
Iran. The truce, mediated by Pakistan, has since been strained by disputes over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian ports; meanwhile, a parallel conflict involving Israel and Lebanon also
US deal event: What other pacts have been signed there? The United States and Iran are to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), ending weeks of war and starting 60 days of negotiations
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
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
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
negotiation,” she said. Durrani cautioned that [Pakistan’s role](/news/2026/4/15/pakistan-army-chief-in-tehran-to-advance-next-round-of-us-iran-talks) has limits. “Pakistan is facilitating this meeting, and the most it can do is suggest certain things that mediators can offer in their capacity
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
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
negotiations between the two sides to narrow gaps between Iran and the US, with an eye on extending the ceasefire and reaching a broader understanding,” he told Al Jazeera. Reports that Munir might travel
US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations would be “meaningless” if they took place as bombs continued to fall
US-Iran agreement after more than 100 days of war **Islamabad, Pakistan –** Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says there were moments in the final stretch of negotiations between the United States and Iran when
negotiated their transit with Iran. On April 13, five days after agreeing to a ceasefire with Tehran, the US imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ships and ports. With the US naval blockade
role in regional and international peace efforts. The attack came a day after Pakistan said the United States and Iran were close to reaching a memorandum of understanding to end the war in the Middle
negotiations were “meaningless” as long as Israel continued to bomb Lebanon, placing in doubt US-Iranian talks in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) scheduled for Saturday. Pezeshkian vowed Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. According
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
Pakistan originally said the ceasefire extended to Lebanon, though Israel and the US denied this. Israel killed more than 350 people in Lebanon that day, including at least 150 civilians, according to ACLED, an independent