Iran has denied reports that a negotiating team has reached Islamabad for talks with the United States, calling the claims “false.” Follow Live Updates Here
According to Iran’s state-affiliated Fars News
Agency, Tehran said it has no plans to engage in negotiations with Washington in Pakistan at this stage.
“Until a ceasefire is established in Lebanon, Iran has no plan to participate in peace negotiations in Islamabad with the American side,” Fars News quoted.
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Islamic regime Fars News: “Until a ceasefire is established in Lebanon, Iran has no plan to participate in peace negotiations in Islamabad with the American side.
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The response came after a report by The Wall Street Journal claimed that an Iranian delegation had entered Islamabad to begin talks with US officials.
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Rejecting the report, Fars News said, “The Wall Street Journal claimed a few minutes ago in a news report that an Iranian delegation has entered Islamabad to start negotiations with Washington, which is false.”
On the other hand, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency said that “negotiations are suspended” and that reports of an Iranian negotiating team arriving in Islamabad are false.
The new agency mentioned: “As long as the US doesn’t fulfill commitment to the ceasefire in Lebanon and the Zionist regime continues its attacks, negotiations are suspended.”
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Talks Scheduled In Pakistan
A two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran showed signs of strain on Friday, ahead of planned talks in Pakistan, as Washington accused Tehran of failing to honour commitments on the Strait of Hormuz while Israel carried out fresh strikes in Lebanon.
There were no indications that Iran had eased its near-total blockade of the strait, which has significantly disrupted global energy supplies. Tehran has cited ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including some of the heaviest strikes of the conflict earlier this week, as a key obstacle.
US President Donald Trump said in a social media post late Thursday that Iran was doing a “very poor job” of allowing oil shipments through the strait, adding, “That is not the agreement we have!”
In a separate post, he said oil flows would resume soon, without specifying any potential US action.
Data showed that in the first 24 hours of the ceasefire, announced by Trump on Tuesday, only one oil tanker and five dry bulk carriers passed through the strait. The route typically handles about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, with around 140 vessels transiting daily before the conflict.
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Fresh Attacks
Israel’s military said early Friday it had struck 10 launchers in Lebanon that fired rockets towards northern Israel a day earlier. It also said Hezbollah launched a missile towards Israel, triggering air raid sirens.
The missile was intercepted, according to The Times of Israel. Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli military infrastructure in the northern city of Haifa.
While the US and Israel have maintained that the ceasefire does not extend to Lebanon, Iran and Pakistan — which has acted as a mediator — have said Lebanon is part of the agreement.
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Lebanon and other regional allies were integral to any ceasefire arrangement.
In a statement on Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran would respond to the conflict.
