Iranian foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistani officials in Islamabad today in an effort to try to restart talks.
A Pakistani source cited by Reuters said that Iran had delivered both their demands and their reservations about US demands. Much of it sounds like the things we’ve already heard before and there are reports saying “Iran’s stance has not changed”.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry reports that Araghchi explains to Pakistani officials the leadership’s stance on war developments.
Here are some headlines from a newswire “Iranian diplomatic source”:
- We will not sit in negotiations where America draws red lines
- We have also affirmed to Pakistan’s leadership our commitment to ending the threats and the siege
- We affirmed to Pakistan’s leadership our commitment to the 10 clauses
This is from Kamran Khan is widely considered one of Pakistan’s most veteran and influential investigative journalists, though I have to say that the leaks from the Pakistan side have been wildly inaccurate lately.
Informed sources are saying:
Prospects for the resumption of the second round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad today are rapidly fading, as Tehran is still not ready to meet the U.S. delegation, which was expected to arrive late tonight from Washington. Iran continues to insist that the Americans end their blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a precondition for opening the second round of negotiations.
For me, I have to wonder why Witkoff and Kushner are even going if nothing has changed.
Overall, the amount of disinformation in this war has been astounding
