Iran-Israel war LIVE: Pakistan hopes to host new round of Iran-U.S. talks 'very soon', says PM Shehbaz Sharif

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met with main of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, successful Tehran, Iran, connected May 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Iranian Parliament Speaker Office/WANA via Reuters

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) that helium hoped Pakistan could soon big the adjacent circular of bid talks betwixt Iran and the United States. “Pakistan volition proceed its bid efforts with utmost sincerity and we anticipation to big the adjacent circular of talks precise soon,” Mr. Sharif, whose state has played a cardinal relation successful mediating betwixt Washington and Tehran, posted connected X.

U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) a woody with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” with the connection including opening the important Strait of Hormuz, though the statement was “subject to finalisation.” Among the West Asia countries whose leaders joined a telephone connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) to sermon the woody were Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, Mr. Trump said. He added that helium had a abstracted telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it “likewise went precise well.”

Iran’s main negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf had warned earlier that Washington would look a pugnacious effect if it resumed hostilities, aft U.S. media reports raised the imaginable of caller strikes and Iranian officials accused the U.S. broadside of making “excessive demands.

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