(Publish from Houston Texas USA)
(By Mian Iftikhar Ahmad)
The US-Iran conflict intensifies as Iran announces six conditions to end the war and firmly rejects any negotiations with the United States.
Faisalabad/Islamabad / Tehran (Monitoring Desk): Tehran has presented six conditions to halt the war, including a guarantee against future hostilities, the closure of all US military bases in the region, compensation for damages inflicted on Iran, a ceasefire across all regional fronts, a new legal framework for the Strait of Hormuz, and the arrest of individuals involved in anti-Iran media activities. The spokesman for Iran’s Joint Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfagari, has made it clear that the United States has failed in this war and is attempting to portray its defeat as an agreement, while Iran is not prepared to sit at any negotiating table. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly stated that no direct talks have been held with the United States since the war began, nor are such talks planned, with the Iranian spokesman describing reports of possible negotiations in Islamabad as psychological warfare. The United States has decided to deploy two thousand paratroopers to the Middle East: The Pentagon on March 24 ordered the deployment of approximately two thousand soldiers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, which will be added to the existing force of around fifty thousand US troops, following the earlier deployment of four thousand five hundred marines to the region. US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has given a major concession regarding the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has allowed non-hostile vessels to pass through. Despite diplomatic efforts and military build-ups, military operations continue on both sides, with Iran conducting a drone strike on Kuwait International Airport on March 25 that sparked a fire. Pakistan close to successfully bringing the United States and Iran to the negotiating table in Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on March 24 on the social media platform X that Pakistan would feel honoured and ready to host negotiations with the mutual consent of the United States and Iran, a statement which was reshared by US President Donald Trump on his own social media account, signaling a positive response. According to sources, preparations for talks have advanced significantly, and negotiations could potentially take place in Islamabad this week, with the US delegation possibly including Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and potentially Vice President JD Vance, while the Iranian delegation is expected to include Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi or Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Experts note that Pakistan is well-suited for this mediation because it maintains working relationships with both the United States and Iran, being one of the few countries with direct access to both parties, and additionally, there are no US military bases on Pakistani soil, which Iran can view as a position of neutrality.
