“The news from some media outlets that an Iranian negotiating team has arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, to negotiate with the Americans is completely false,” the source told Tasnim. Iranian media Press TV reported, Iran's Fars News Agency, rejecting the Wall Street Journal report, underlining that Iran has "no plans to attend peace talks with the American side until a ceasefire is established in Lebanon." The Pakistan capital is on red-alert, with heightened security as 10,000 police and security personnel have been deployed, Dawn reported. Meanwhile, Israeli envoy to US, Yechiel Leiter, lambasted Pak Defence Minister over his recent remarks on Israel, calling the country a "problem" instead of being a "mediator". Pakistan Defence minister calls Israel 'cancerous'Israel lashed out at Pakistan following Pak defence minister Khwaja Asif’s outrageous remarks, accusing Tel Aviv of committing ‘genocide’ in Lebanon amid peace talks between Iran and US in Islamabad.

Source: dna April 10, 2026 05:04 UTC