Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reported that Iran's interior minister, on a visit to Islamabad, met with Pakistan's army chief to discuss preparations for further talks with the United States. The report added that Pakistan is pushing to renew US-Iran negotiations.
The Saudi Al-Hadath channel reported Tuesday that Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, already in Islamabad since Sunday evening, met with Pakistan's Army Chief to discuss preparations for another round of talks with the United States. According to the report, Pakistan is pressing for a renewal of US-Iran negotiations. The meeting comes after The Zioneer reported Sunday that Momeni arrived leading a political delegation for bilateral talks, and earlier that day that he would lead a six-minister delegation and meet the army chief.
The meeting is the latest in a series of diplomatic contacts involving Pakistan, Iran, and the US. As The Zioneer reported over the past weeks, Pakistan has been acting as a mediator: its foreign minister held talks in Geneva (reported Jun 12), its army chief maintained contacts with Iranian officials (reported Jul 8), and its foreign minister held talks with the US and Iran to reduce tensions (reported Jul 12). The Iranian interior minister arrived in Islamabad on Sunday evening for a bilateral visit, as reported by The Zioneer on Jul 19. The thread shows that initial reports from Al-Mayadeen and Al-Jazeera (Jul 19) cited an unelaborated letter from President Pezeshkian; by version 4, the letter was linked to negotiations; by version 5, the meeting with the army chief was confirmed from a Pakistani ministry source; and now Al-Hadath reports the specific discussion of US-Iran talks.
This development fits a pattern of Pakistani mediation efforts, as The Zioneer reported on Jul 12 (Pakistan's foreign minister holding talks with US and Iran) and on Jun 23 (President Pezeshkian meeting PM Sharif in Islamabad). The specific content of the talks and the timeline for renewed US-Iran negotiations remain unclear, and the report is based on a single source that has not been independently confirmed.
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