{"id":123865,"date":"2026-04-07T19:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=123865"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:45:40","slug":"efforts-to-facilitate-talks-between-us-and-iran-ongoing-pakistani-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/123865\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts to facilitate talks between US and Iran ongoing, Pakistani sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Web Desk(National Times)- Efforts to facilitate talks between the US and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0on Tuesday, as US strikes on Iran intensified and US President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1988682\">unleash<\/a>\u00a0\u201chell\u201d neared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1989473\/dangerous-escalation-pakistan-condemns-iranian-strikes-on-saudi-arabias-energy-facilities\">overnight strike<\/a>&nbsp;on Saudi Arabia\u2019s industrial facilities linked to US firms threatened to derail the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Saudi Arabia were to respond to the strikes, the talks would be over, the source said, adding that retaliation could also draw Pakistan into the conflict under its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1942611\">defence pact<\/a>&nbsp;with Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second source said Iran was \u201cwalking on thin ice\u201d and that the next three to four hours were critical for the future of dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/6cc04737d7ac745ef1e2379848348e62.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan has been at the centre of negotiations between the US and Iran in recent weeks, acting as the main go-between for proposals shared by both sides, but there has been no sign of a compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in touch with Iranians. They have lately shown flexibility that they could join the talks, but they are at the same time taking hard lines as a prerequisite for any negotiations,\u201d the Pakistani security source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Islamabad was persuading Tehran to enter negotiations without prior conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that messages are still being exchanged via mediators. A senior Iranian source told&nbsp;<em>Reuters<\/em>&nbsp;on Tuesday that Tehran had rejected a proposal conveyed by intermediaries for a temporary ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks on a lasting peace could begin only after the United States and Israel end their strikes, provide a guarantee they will not resume, and offer compensation for damages, the source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Desk(National Times)- Efforts to facilitate talks between the US and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told\u00a0Reuters\u00a0on Tuesday, as US strikes on Iran intensified and US President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline to\u00a0unleash\u00a0\u201chell\u201d neared. One of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran\u2019s&nbsp;overnight strike&nbsp;on Saudi Arabia\u2019s industrial facilities linked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Efforts to facilitate talks between US and Iran ongoing, Pakistani sources say - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/123865\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Efforts to facilitate talks between US and Iran ongoing, Pakistani sources say - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Web Desk(National Times)- Efforts to facilitate talks between the US and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told\u00a0Reuters\u00a0on Tuesday, as US strikes on Iran intensified and US President Donald Trump\u2019s deadline to\u00a0unleash\u00a0\u201chell\u201d neared. 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