US envoys head to Pakistan as Iran throws cold water on direct talks
The Hill
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U.S. and Iranian officials are expected in Islamabad on Saturday for another round of Pakistani-brokered talks to end the nearly two-month conflict, but Tehran has ruled out a face-to-face meeting.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the lead Iranian negotiator, arrived in the Pakistani capital on Friday, according to the nation’s Foreign Ministry.
Araghchi said in…
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