Iran, US teams in Islamabad for talks amid stalemate
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Senior US and Iranian delegations have convened in Islamabad for high-level negotiations, marking the first official face-to-face talks between the two nations since the 2015 nuclear agreement. The talks are clouded by preconditions, including the lifting of sanctions and a ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israeli operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters have killed nearly 2,000 people.
Senior US and Iranian delegations met in Islamabad on Saturday for high-level negotiations. The US team, led by Vice-President JD Vance, and the Iranian team, headed by parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, are discussing a possible agreement. Iran has set preconditions, including the lifting of sanctions and a ceasefire in Lebanon. The US and Israel maintain that military operations in Lebanon are separate from the Iran-US truce framework. Islamabad was placed under a security lockdown ahead of the talks, with thousands of paramilitary personnel and army troops deployed. The negotiations mark the first official face-to-face talks between the two nations since the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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