Can Pakistan keep US-Iran diplomacy alive as mistrust deepens?

Tehran denies US talks as Oman negotiations over Strait of Hormuz make progress

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has invited top Iranian officials for talks as mediation efforts to end the war with the United States are reinvigorated.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement late on Monday said Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had spoken to his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, and invited him “to visit Pakistan at his earliest convenience”.

Separately, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq also extended an invitation to his Iranian counterpart and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , according to government sources.

It remains unclear if and when the two Iranian officials would travel to Islamabad.

The outreach came as US President Donald Trump accused leaders in Tehran of being “unbelievably duplicitous” over their handling of talks meant to end the war launched by the US and Israel in late February.

“They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He separately told reporters this was Iran’s “last chance” to sign a “good document” before “decapitation”, warning again that Tehran faced “a deal or total surrender” .