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Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi traveled to Tehran on Wednesday for the second time this week as Iran and the U.S. remain at an impasse over a proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency said Naqvi went to Tehran to meet officials of the Islamic Republic, citing diplomatic sources in Islamabad.
The visit came as Pakistan continued mediation efforts between Tehran and Washington, including after Islamabad shared a revised Iranian proposal with the U.S. aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East, Reuters reported Monday, citing a Pakistani source.
Pakistan has been mediating between Iran and the U.S. as the two sides remain deadlocked over efforts to reach an agreement.
Naqvi had also visited Tehran on Saturday to “facilitate” the process between Tehran and Washington, according to Iranian media.
The latest visit marks his second trip to Iran in the same week amid ongoing efforts to keep talks moving.
“We don't have much time,” the Pakistani source told Reuters when asked whether narrowing differences would take time, adding that both sides “keep changing their goalposts.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran would not conduct negotiations through the media and confirmed that contacts with the U.S. were continuing.
“Talks are continuing under Pakistani mediation,” Baghaei said during his weekly press conference in Tehran.
Baghaei said the U.S. had presented proposals and Iran had responded with its own positions.
“The Americans presented proposals, and we also presented our views,” he said.
He also dismissed speculation regarding uranium enrichment and nuclear material issues.
“They raised speculation about enrichment and uranium materials, and we announced that it has no basis,” Baghaei said.
Baghaei said Iran had “no hostility with any country in the region,” but added that regional countries, especially the United Arab Emirates, needed to “draw lessons from recent developments.”
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