Pakistan urges US and Iran to uphold ceasefire

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has released a statement following the conclusion of peace talks, urging both sides that it is “imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to ceasefire”. The US and Iranian delegations failed to reach a deal following marathon peace talks in Pakistan’s capital.

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Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Nina dos Santos, journalist, broadcaster and a director at the Freuds communications agency in London, and Ricardo Avelar, a journalist from El Salvador who fled the country and has been based in the UK for the past two years.

(Photo: a vehicle believed to be carrying US Vice President JD Vance leaves Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2026. Credit: Sohail Shahzad/EPA/Shutterstock)