{"id":10808,"date":"2026-04-18T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/pakistan-lebanon-key-dispute-tehran-washington-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:45:22","slug":"pakistan-lebanon-key-dispute-tehran-washington-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/18\/pakistan-lebanon-key-dispute-tehran-washington-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Says Lebanon Is Key Point of Divergence in Tehran-Washington Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced that Tehran and Washington have come close to reaching an agreement during negotiations held in Islamabad. He emphasized that Pakistan continues to strive to reduce differences and bring the two sides&#8217; views closer together. <\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Ishaq Dar stated that Islamabad is playing the role of facilitator in the talks between Iran and the United States, aiming to help achieve a mutual understanding. According to him, Lebanon is one of the most prominent points of disagreement between the two countries. <\/p>\n<p>The Pakistani foreign minister did not provide further details on the discussion topics but stressed that the negotiation process in the Pakistani capital had reached a critical stage and the two sides were close to understanding. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistan Army, in a statement marking the end of the highest military official&#8217;s three-day visit to Iran, reaffirmed Islamabad\u2019s commitment to supporting peaceful solutions in the region. According to the statement, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Pakistan Army, met during his visit with Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, and held separate talks with several senior Iranian officials including the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Foreign Minister, and the Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters. <\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Army\u2019s statement said this visit reflected the country&#8217;s resolve to facilitate peaceful resolution of conflicts in West Asia and to strengthen peace and stability in the region. In recent years, Pakistan has sought to play a mediating or facilitating role in some regional issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Minister Ishaq Dar says Lebanon is a key dispute in Tehran-Washington talks held in Islamabad, with both sides close to an agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}