U.S. and Iran Set for Islamabad Talks as Pakistan, UK Back Ceasefire

The meetings aim to turn a fragile ceasefire into a path to end the regional war.

Overview

U.S. and Iranian teams will meet face to face in Islamabad in what Pakistan bills as the most significant contact since 1979.
Shehbaz Sharif and Keir Starmer urged that the ceasefire hold to give the talks a chance to succeed.
Starmer thanked Pakistan for facilitating the pause in hostilities and the resumption of dialogue, according to Islamabad’s readout.
Pakistan says the truce will run for two weeks after roughly 39 days of fighting across the region.
The war has killed more than 3,000 Iranians and at least 13 U.S. service members, and disrupted oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.