Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ended in the Pakistani capital without a breakthrough.
A source involved in the talks said a date was not yet decided, but both countries could return as early as the end of this week. “No firm date has been set, with the delegations keeping Friday through Sunday open,” a senior Iranian source said.
A proposal has been shared with both the U.S. and Iran to resend their delegates to resume the talks, the first source said.
Two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the talks said Islamabad was communicating with the two sides about the timing of the next round and the meeting would likely take place on the weekend. “We have reached out to Iran and we got a positive response that they will be open to a second round of talks,” a senior Pakistani government official said. Reuters
