Pezeshkian: Iranian negotiators defending national interests in Islamabad talks

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran’s senior negotiators are wholeheartedly defending national interests during the ongoing talks with the American side in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad aimed at putting a permanent end to a US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

In a post on his X account on Saturday, Pezeshkian said the high-ranking Iranian delegation is “bravely” negotiating with the American side to defend national interests.

He added that the Iranian administration will not stop serving people for a moment regardless of the outcome of the talks, mediated by Pakistan.

“Whatever the outcome of the negotiations, the government will stand by the people,” Pezeshkian emphasized.

Iran and the United States began a first round of Pakistan-brokered negotiations in Islamabad on Saturday after the two countries on Tuesday agreed to a two-week ceasefire proposed by Pakistan, 40 days after the US and Israel launched an unprovoked war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

The Saturday discussions began on a political level, but technical experts from the Iranian delegation also entered the talks later. Iranian officials said the negotiations would focus on the terms of a 10-point proposal Tehran had earlier submitted to Washington through intermediaries.

Headed by Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the delegation, featuring security, political, military, economic, and legal committees, arrived in Islamabad on Friday.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi, a member of the Iranian delegation, said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic is fully prepared for all scenarios in its ongoing negotiations with the United States.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Pakistan-mediated talks in Islamabad, Gharibabadi added that Iran's historical experiences with the US, marked by a pattern of deceit and broken promises, led to a shift in the dynamics of the talks.

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