Iranian Overseas Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday mentioned that Tehran has “by no means refused to go to Islamabad” for peace talks, however burdened that any negotiations should end in a “conclusive and lasting” finish to what he described as an “unlawful struggle.”
“Iran‘s place is being misrepresented by US media. We’re deeply grateful to Pakistan for its efforts and have by no means refused to go to Islamabad. What we care about are the phrases of a conclusive and lasting finish to the unlawful struggle that’s imposed on us,” he wrote on X.
Araghchi’s remarks come amid hypothesis of a impasse in Pakistan-mediated talks between Iran and the US to dealer a ceasefire to finish the struggle, now into its sixth week. Based on a Wall Road Journal report, Tehran had conveyed to mediators that it was unwilling to satisfy US officers in Islamabad within the coming days and located Washington’s calls for “unacceptable.”
Efforts to dealer a ceasefire have hit a lifeless finish, with Iran refusing to interact in deliberate talks. “Present mediation efforts have reached a lifeless finish,” the report mentioned, pointing to a setback in diplomatic makes an attempt.
Iran had earlier denied taking part in any Pakistan-facilitated negotiations to finish the battle.
In the meantime, Pakistan rejected claims that its peace initiative had stalled. Overseas Workplace spokesperson Tahir Andrabi termed such reviews “baseless” and a “figment of creativeness.”
“We categorically reject these false insinuations. Any attribution to official sources on this regard is inaccurate,” Andrabi mentioned, including {that a} latest briefing by the Overseas Ministry had been “misrepresented” and urging the media to depend on official statements.
The Daybreak newspaper, citing unnamed officers, instructed some progress had been made by way of back-channel exchanges between Washington and Tehran, however the absence of a transparent response from Iran has slowed momentum. One official famous it was “shocking” that Iran had not responded positively to requires talks regardless of struggling important army and infrastructure losses.
The official added that Pakistani leaders stay involved with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Araghchi.
The battle started on February 28 with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which killed Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei and several other prime commanders. Iran’s retaliation widened the battle throughout the Gulf area, disrupting vitality provide chains, significantly shutting down the Strait of Hormuz.
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(with inputs from PTI)
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