{"id":60753,"date":"2026-08-25T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60753"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:44:17","slug":"pakistan-and-iran-made-significant-progress-in-talks-on-conflict-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60753","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan and Iran made &#8216;significant progress&#8217; in talks on conflict, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD, Aug 25  &#8211; Pakistan and Iran made &#8220;significant progress&#8221; in talks that focused on \u200bthe U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and a path \u200cto peace, Pakistan&#8217;s interior minister said on Tuesday, at the end of a visit to Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talks between the two sides focused \u200bon measures to prevent further escalation, reopening of \u200bthe Strait of Hormuz and an expedited termination \u2060of the conflict, a statement from the Pakistani military \u200bsaid about the meeting between the country&#8217;s army chief, \u200bAsim Munir, and the Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sides also exchanged views on regional peace and the way to arrive at a negotiated \u200bsettlement to the dispute, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Iranian President \u200bcandidly shared his government&#8217;s perspective and we had a very constructive \u200cexchange \u2060on the issues involved,&#8221; Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who accompanied Munir to Tehran, said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House and the State Department did not immediately \u200brespond to \u200brequests for comment \u2060made outside business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Munir&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pakistans-munir-spoke-trump-ahead-tehran-visit-sources-say-2026-08-24\/\">spoke with U.S. President<\/a>&nbsp;Donald Trump ahead of his Tehran visit, \u200bReuters reported on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump last week warned \u200bof&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/trump-threatens-isolate-iran-who-are-its-trading-partners-2026-08-20\/\">economic \u2060consequences<\/a>&nbsp;against any country that provided &#8220;any type of lifeline to Iran&#8221; as he seeks to isolate the country. 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