The diplomatic talks that Pakistan was trying to mediate between Iran and USA have reached a dead end, as confirmed by multiple reports. Tehran has rejected the USA’s demands as ‘unacceptable’ and refused to send its officials to Islamabad for the talks.
In a March 29 meeting in Islamabad, foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia had discussed the possible ways to end the hostilities in West Asia between the combined forces of Israel-US against Iran. Pakistan had announced itself as the facilitator, relaying a 15-point US proposal that demanded a halt to Iran’s nuclear program and missile capabilities in exchange for a ceasefire. It also demanded the complete opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
However, as per the latest reports, Iran has officially notified the mediators that it won’t participate in the Islamabad talks. Tehran finds the US proposal unacceptable and has conveyed that they want a ceasefire on their own terms.
Additionally, there are growing concerns and a severe lack of trust in Iran when it comes to USA and Pakistan.
Oh My God!
— Moeed Pirzada (@MoeedNj) April 3, 2026
Iranians suspect that Trump is using Islamabad Talks as a ploy to lure top Iran leaders in public to get them killed ..American credibility was never that low..! pic.twitter.com/H6n4T9BBIP
Johns Hopkins professor Vali Nasr, regarded as an Iran expert, said on the CNN Amanpour show that Iran thinks Pakistan is working with the USA and the Islamabad talks is a ruse to ‘smoke out’ high-level Iranian officials so that the USA can kill them. Nasr asserted that there is a deep mistrust against the Trump administration and even Pakistan among Iranian authorities because of their past actions. He added that neither Pakistan nor Turkey are in a position to offer the trust and security guarantees that Iran seeks at this point, because the USA has reneged on talks before.
