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Lebanon was seen as a boost to efforts for an agreement to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had been a key sticking
role:** The US president dismissed an offer from NATO to assist in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the alliance a “paper tiger” and telling it to “stay away”. ## In Israel - **Israel ‘prohibited’ from striking Lebanon
negotiations between the US and Iran because Tehran views the regional conflict as interconnected, describing this as a “unity of fronts”. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country hosted last week’s ceasefire talks between
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
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
role of the **United States** in facilitating” it, Guterres spokesperson **Stephane Dujarric** said in a statement, adding he hoped the temporary halt to fighting would “pave the way for negotiations”. The ceasefire took effect
US, Israel and many Lebanese, who accuse the group of defending the interests of its patron, Iran, and dragging the country into unnecessary wars. Supporters say Hezbollah is the only protection they have
negotiations towards a permanent security and peace agreement" between the two parties. Israel and Lebanon's leaders have both welcomed the truce, with Netanyahu calling it an "opportunity to make a historic peace agreement". Lebanese
negotiation process”. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said senior officials from the four countries had also met in Islamabad earlier this week to prepare recommendations for Antalya. ## Ceasefire under strain The two-week ceasefire brokered
negotiated with Israel. “This ceasefire is a tactical palliative, not a substitute for Iran’s strategic demand,” he said, adding that Tehran’s insistence on Lebanon being part of any broader deal, rather than handled
role in achieving this mission,” he added. On Thursday, Trump revealed that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lebanon’s President Aoun could meet in Washington over the next week or two to discuss
role of “adult in the room”. [A three-day visit to Tehran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/pakistan-military-chief-asim-munir-unlikely-peacemaker-iran-war) last week by Pakistan’s powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, helped produce a ceasefire in Israel’s attacks
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, Sehnaoui’s position within Lebanon’s financial elite, including his chairmanship of SGBL, one of the country’s largest banks, has, critics say, allowed him to influence the course of Lebanese politics
negotiating team, said contained many lies. Later it was stressed that Araghchi had meant the strait was open only to ships authorised by the IRGC Navy and using permitted designated routes after paying the required
US and Israeli strikes on Iran. The start of the conflict sparked a new flurry of Hezbollah attacks on March 2, as part of a long-simmering conflict with Israel. Israel has responded with heavy
negotiated separate deals. On Monday the US began a naval blockade of all Iran-linked ships trying to pass through the strait, further compounding the traffic jam around the waterway through which a fifth
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,” he said. “But ultimately, it all depends
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
Lebanon. In response, Iran announced it would allow all commercial ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz for the remainder of the temporary truce period—before matters became somewhat complicated. All of this came