Pakistan has been invited to participate in the US-Iran talks intended to reduce the tensions between Tehran and Washington, the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Tuesday.
According to reports, DPM Ishaq Dar and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir are likely to represent Pakistan in the US-Iran talks.
US-Iran talks
“Pakistan has received the invitation for the upcoming talks between Iran and the United States,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said, according to reports by Dawn.
The Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, confirmed on Tuesday that he had ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States.
According to a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, “In light of requests from friendly governments in the region to respond to the proposal by the President of the United States for negotiations.”
“These negotiations shall be conducted within the framework of our national interests,” he added further.
In light of requests from friendly governments in the region to respond to the proposal by the President of the United States for negotiations:
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) February 3, 2026
Earlier, US media reports said senior officials from Washington and Tehran are preparing for rare face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Friday, Anadolu Ajansı reported.
‘The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported on Monday that the planned meeting would bring together US special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, with Türkiye hosting and officials from Qatar, Egypt and other regional states expected to attend,’ it further added.
In a CNN interview broadcast Monday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he believes a nuclear deal with the United States is achievable.
“So I see the possibility of another talk if the US negotiation team follows what President Trump said: to come to a fair and equitable deal to ensure that there is no nuclear weapon,” he said.
“So if that is the case, I am confident that we can achieve a deal,” he added.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has warned of a “regional war” if the US attacked his country.
The main focus of this week’s US-Iran talks in Istanbul is to prevent conflict and ease tensions between the two sides, a regional official told Reuters.
