Iranian delegation leaves Pakistan after ending negotiations with US

A high-ranking Iranian delegation that attended an intense day of negotiations with American negotiators in Pakistan to permanently end a US-Israeli aggression against the country has left the capital, Islamabad.

Iran's official IRNA news agency said in a Sunday report from its office in Islamabad that the Iranian delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left the city around afternoon local time.

Senior Pakistani government and military officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Army Chief General Asim Munir, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, attended a ceremony at Islamabad airport to send off the Iranian delegation.

The departure came after both Iran and the US confirmed they could not agree on the general guidelines of a deal that could meet their objectives and decided to end the talks in Islamabad without reaching an agreement after more than 20 hours of intensive negotiations.

The US delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, had left Pakistan in the early hours of Sunday.

The main sticking point in the talks seemed to be the US reluctance to agree to Iran's rights to have a peaceful nuclear program, an issue which the Iranian side has insisted on for years and just before entering the talks.

The talks came days after Pakistan mediated a two-week ceasefire that allowed a halt to 40 days of US-Israeli aggression on Iran, an unprovoked war which triggered a massive Iranian response to the Israeli regime and the US bases and interests in the region.

Iran agreed to participate in the negotiations after US authorities indicated they had accepted Iran's general conditions as a baseline for peace deal discussions.

Iran's conditions included guarantees for a permanent end to the aggression on Iran and its allies in the region, the recognition of Iran's nuclear rights and its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently being controlled by the Iranian armed forces, the lifting of US and international sanctions on Iran, and paying compensation for the US-Israeli aggression on the country.

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