Iran, Pakistan discuss peace talks as Trump says US can resume war ‘very quickly’
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviewed regional developments and discussed prospects of the United States-Tehran negotiations, Iranian state media reported on Thursday, as President Donald Trump warned Washington could resume the war “very quickly” if it did not “get the right answers” to its proposal.
Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing Washington’s latest position on ending the US-Tehran war, which began on Feb. 8 and has been paused under a ceasefire since Apr. 8, after US President Donald Trump suggested he was prepared to wait but warned of renewed attacks if Iran did not agree to a deal.
Pakistan has positioned itself as a key mediator since the war erupted following joint US-Israeli strikes on Tehran in late Feb., which triggered Iranian retaliation and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy corridor through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes.
Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Wednesday and held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials as Islamabad, which hosted the first round of rare direct talks between the US and Iran, intensified diplomatic efforts to broker peace amid renewed tensions between the two sides.
