Information about the document being handed over to the head of the Pakistani army, Asim Munir, was reported by Reuters. The Iranian emigration portal Iran International added, citing state television, that the position conveyed by Abbas Aragchi is “exhaustive and reflects all of Tehran's comments.” However, no details were provided.
The head of Iranian diplomacy has been in Islamabad since Friday. This visit came at a particularly delicate timebecause the White House announced that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would go to the Pakistani capital for talks with the Iranian delegation, noted the Pakistani news agency ANI.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran wants to talk and explore the possibility of reaching an agreement and that it plans to present an offer to meet the United States' demands.
The planned talks did not take place
Contrary to the statements of the US authorities, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghei announced on Friday that There will be no direct talks between the delegations of both countries in Islamabad. Aragchi, the spokesman said, will meet in Pakistan only with high-ranking representatives of that country's authorities.
He will then travel to Oman and Russia to “coordinate with our partners, including consultations on developments in the region.” ANI described the current situation as “deepening diplomatic stalemate”.
Reports on US plans to withdraw from the war
On Saturday, an Iranian defense ministry spokesman said The US is looking for a way to withdraw from the war with a face — reported AFP according to Iranian media.
The previous round of US-Iran peace negotiations took place on April 11 in Islamabad, but ended in failure. A truce has been in force since April 8 in the US-Israeli war with Iran, which interrupted the fighting that had been going on since February 28. The ceasefire expired after two weeks, but was extended by Trump for an indefinite period.
