Donald Trump: The consequence of the Iran negotiations in Pakistan makes “no difference” | EUROtoday

According to Iranian state media, negotiators took a break within the peace talks between the USA and Iran within the Pakistani capital Islamabad. “End of 15-hour marathon talks on the first day of the Iran-US talks in Islamabad,” the Iranian information company Tasnim reported on Sunday evening. Iran’s Mehr information company reported that talks would proceed after dawn on Sunday.

Senior US and Iranian officers held talks in Islamabad on Saturday, brokered by Pakistan, in an effort to finish the Iran conflict. The US will likely be represented by US Vice President JD Vance, US particular envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, amongst others, traveled to Islamabad on behalf of Iran.

“We defeated them militarily”

US President Donald Trump had beforehand downplayed the significance of the peace talks with Iran within the Pakistani capital Islamabad. “Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me,” Trump informed reporters on the White House on Saturday. “The reason is that we won.”

The US would conduct “very in-depth negotiations” with Iran, however would have gained anyway, stated the US President. “We defeated them militarily.”

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The USA and Israel launched assaults on Iran on February twenty eighth. After 5 weeks of conflict, the conflicting events agreed just a few days in the past on a two-week ceasefire. During this time, a everlasting finish to the conflict will likely be negotiated beneath Pakistan’s mediation. However, the positions of the fighters are extraordinarily far aside.

On Saturday, Trump reiterated US army statements that two US warships had handed by the Strait of Hormuz. “We have deminers there. We clear the road.” The strategically essential strait will likely be opened, the president stated.

Iran has disputed US details about the passage of two US warships. The corresponding info from the US army command Centcom, which is answerable for the Middle East, can be “sharply rejected,” stated Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari, in accordance with state tv.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard later stated it will take “strict action” towards makes an attempt by warships to move by the strait. The Revolutionary Guard Navy has “full authority” to manage the Strait of Hormuz. Passage will solely be permitted to “civilian ships under certain conditions”. Since the start of the Iran War, the Strait of Hormuz, by which round a fifth of the world’s oil transport usually passes, has been de facto largely closed by the Iranian army.