US-Iran talks to seek permanent ceasefire kick off in Islamabad

The first round of talks between the US and Iran opened in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday to seek a permanent ceasefire following a two-week temporary truce between the two warring sides, official sources told Anadolu. The two delegations are holding separate meetings with Pakistani officials at a five-star hotel in the capital to “make patch work” before direct talks between the two sides, the sources said. “We cannot say at the moment when will the two delegations sit face-to-face. At the moment, they are holding talks with Pakistani officials,” the sources added. The high stakes talks, dubbed the “Islamabad Talks,” began soon after separate meetings of the Iranian and the US delegations with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif […]