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<\/p>\nAs negotiations stretch into the evening hours, they are expected to continue into the night and may be extended through Sunday, a Pakistani source told CNN.<\/p>\n
Face-to-Face ceasefire negotiations between delegations of senior officials from the United States and Iran began in Islamabad on Saturday, with Pakistani intermediaries present to aid in the talks.<\/p>\n
As negotiations stretch into the evening hours, they are expected to continue into the night and may be extended through Sunday, a Pakistani source told CNN.<\/p>\n
Full teams of US experts on subjects relevant to the negotiations are present in Islamabad, with additional experts providing support from Washington, according to a White House official.<\/p>\n
According to Iranian state media, before the talks began, Iran outlined its “red lines,” which it insisted that Washington must accept for negotiations to proceed.<\/p>\n
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with members of the US delegation, including US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the White House and Sharif’s office said.<\/p>\n
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US Vice President JD Vance, left, meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks about Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. (credit: Jacquelyn Martin\/Pool via REUTERS)<\/p>\n
Iran entering talks with ‘complete distrust’ of US<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Iranian delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, also met with Sharif to determine the timing and manner of possible negotiations, according to local media.<\/p>\n
Araghchi spoke with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on the phone prior to the talks, according to Iranian government-sponsored outlet, Mehr News Agency, sharing with Wadephul that Iran is entering the talks with \u201ccomplete distrust\u201d of the US.<\/p>\n
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. (credit: Office of the Iranian Parliament Speaker\/WANA (West Asia News Agency)\/Handout via REUTERS)<\/p>\n
“Due to America’s repeated breaches of commitments and betrayals of diplomacy, Iran enters the negotiations with complete distrust and will fight with full authority to secure the interests and rights of the Iranian people,” Araghchi told Wadephul.<\/p>\n
Iranian state TV network ‘Press TV’ reported Tehran’s delegation had set out its red lines to Sharif, adding that these concerned the Strait of Hormuz, the release of Iran’s blocked assets, the payment of war reparations, and a ceasefire to be enforced across the region.<\/p>\n
Macron encourages Iran to seize Islamabad opportunity<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday and urged him to take advantage of the ongoing US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Macron described the conversation in a post on X\/Twitter, stating that he encouraged his Iranian counterpart to \u201c seize the opportunity presented by the talks launched in Islamabad to pave the way for a lasting de-escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also expressed his support for Lebanon\u2019s inclusion in the ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrance extends its full support to the actions of the Lebanese authorities, who alone are legitimate to exercise the sovereignty of the State and decide the destiny of Lebanon,\u201d Macron asserted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As negotiations stretch into the evening hours, they are expected to continue into the night and may be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34,15174,15018,1096,7191,5346,6476,650,10122,15388,69,11696,23322],"class_list":{"0":"post-62612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iranian-parliament","10":"tag-islamabad","11":"tag-jd-vance","12":"tag-johann-wadephul","13":"tag-mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf","14":"tag-negotiations","15":"tag-pakistan","16":"tag-peace-talks","17":"tag-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif","18":"tag-tehran","19":"tag-the-united-states-and-iran","20":"tag-us-vice-president"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116388255663761219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}