Mediator Pakistan says US-Iran talks continue despite renewed strikes
Iranian domestically-built Zolfaghar, top, and Zolfaghar Bassir missiles are displayed by the armed forces in a temporary exhibition in front of the Azadi (Freedom) monument in Tehran, Iran, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Pakistan said negotiations aimed at de-escalating tensions between the United States and Iran were continuing, even as U.S. forces launched new strikes on Iran and Tehran fired missiles at Jordan and Kuwait.
“Negotiations are ongoing to normalize the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and de-escalate,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told reporters in Islamabad on July 30.
Pakistan was doing its “utmost” to bring both sides back to technical-level talks under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, he said.
