ISLAMABAD: Iran’s armed forces warned Monday that “no port in the region will be safe” if the United States proceeds with its planned naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal waters, declaring the impending operation an “illegal act” that “amounts to piracy” and vowing that security in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman will be “for everyone or for no one.”
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UPDATED: US-Iran talks collapse in Islamabad after marathon 21-hour session, Tehran rejects Washington’s core demands over nuclear program
ISLAMABAD: Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the United States and Iran had failed to reach any agreement after more than 21 hours of direct, high-stakes negotiations here, the first face-to-face talks between senior officials of the two nations in more than four decades and the highest-level contact since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
US and Iran fail to reach agreement after 21 hours of direct talks in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the United States and Iran had made no breakthrough after 21 hours of substantive, face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan’s capital, the first direct talks between senior officials from the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
UPDATED: US and Iran meet face to face after decades, testing a fragile path out of war
ISLAMABAD: Direct talks between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, stretched into a third round on Sunday as teams of experts from both sides pored over one another’s demands in an effort to convert a two-week-old ceasefire into a permanent end to six weeks of devastating conflict.
UPDATED: Historic direct US Iran talks begin in Islamabad
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President JD Vance and the Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf began direct face-to-face negotiations
UPDATED: Sharif pushes durable peace as Vance and Ghalibaf converge in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held separate meetings on Saturday with the top American and Iranian delegations as high-stakes negotiations opened here to transform a fragile two-week ceasefire into a lasting end to the six-week Middle East war that has killed thousands, disrupted global energy supplies and shaken the world economy.
Islamabad braces for historic US-Iran face off
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad early Saturday for the first direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, as Pakistan attempts to broker an end to the Middle East conflict that has roiled the region since late February.
Pakistan’s top leaders review mediation drive as US and Iranian delegations head to Islamabad for high-stakes talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief of army staff and chief of defence forces, met Thursday to review the country’s mediation efforts aimed at forging a lasting peace between the United States and Iran, just a day before delegations from both nations are expected to arrive here for direct negotiations.
US and Iran set for direct talks in Islamabad on Friday, testing fragile two-week truce
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said delegations from Washington and Tehran would arrive in the Pakistani capital as soon as Friday at his invitation, aiming to transform a fragile two-week ceasefire into a lasting settlement.
Trump and Iran accept Pakistan-brokered two-week pause in fighting, with talks set for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday that the United States and Iran, along with their allies, had reached an immediate ceasefire across the Middle East, including in Lebanon, after weeks of intensifying conflict that began with American and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in late February.