Aragchi claims to have “presented Iran's position on a viable framework for permanently ending the war.” “I still don't know whether the United States still takes diplomacy seriously,” wrote the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
The Iranian minister and his delegation arrived in the capital of Oman, Muscat, on Saturday evening, and earlier he was in Islamabad, where he met, among others, with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif. However, there was no second round of talks with the US delegation.
— I don't see the point in sending them on an 18-hour flight in the current situation. It's too long. We can just as easily do it over the phone. Iranians can call us if they want. We won't travel just to sit there
Trump said.
Failure of US-Iran talks in Pakistan
On Friday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Witkoff and Kushner would go to Pakistan on Saturday morning for talks with a delegation of the Iranian authorities. Trump previously claimed that Iran wanted to talk and explore the possibility of reaching an agreement and that he planned to present an offer aimed at meeting US demands.
Contrary to the statements of the US authorities, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Bagei announced on Friday that there would be no direct talks between the delegations of both countries in Islamabad.
Iran's “final strategy” in the conflict with the US
Also on Saturday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said control of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for global supplies of oil and liquefied gas, was Iran's “ultimate strategy” in the conflict with the United States.
“Control of the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the resulting deterrent effect against America and White House allies in the region is the ultimate strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
– wrote IRGC in the Telegram messenger.
