Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, declared this Sunday (April 12, 2026) that the country will continue to mediate negotiations between the United States and Iran. The 2 countries left the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Saturday (April 11) to put an end to the war in the Middle East.
In , the minister said that the negotiation rounds were “intense and constructive”. The various conversations, mediated by him and the head of the Pakistani Army, would have lasted around 24 hours. “It is essential that the parties continue to honor their commitment to the ceasefire”said Ishaq Dar.
The American vice president (Republican Party) told journalists that Iran did not accept the US terms. He stated that the frustrated negotiation is “bad news even worse for Iran than for the US”. “We make it very clear what our limits are, what we are willing to give in to and what we are not”he declared.
Watch the US Vice President’s statement:
. in Islamabad, Pakistan: “We’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement — and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America.”
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Vance also says the US wants a commitment that Iran will not seek a new nuclear weapon. “The fact is we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and that they will not seek the tools that would allow them to obtain it quickly.”said the North American vice president.
According to the news agency Farsa source close to the Iranian delegation said the US was looking “an excuse” to leave the negotiating tables.
The President of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, this Sunday (April 12) that the Iranian delegation presented “168 future-oriented initiatives” during the negotiations, but that the North Americans “they failed to gain trust”.
