Pakistan’s military spokesperson says a new defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye will not affect Islamabad’s strategic relationship with Iran, describing the pact as defensive in nature and aimed at collective deterrence and regional stability.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held separate telephone conversations with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.

A former Pakistani ambassador says Trump’s latest economic pressure campaign against Iran could prove ineffective.

Pakistan says will continue bilateral trade with Tehran in accordance with international law and agreements between the two countries.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has offered Tehran’s condolences to the Pakistani government and nation over the death of at least 14 newborn babies in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the capital Islamabad.

The talks centered on concrete measures to prevent further military escalation, the expedited termination of the conflict, and the critical issue of reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that the United States must abandon its reliance on force and bullying.