Ambarasa Netirajan

Yhdysvallat pysyvät näkökulmasta, eivätkä he anna iranilaisille tai iranilaisille puutteille päästä. Päivän ajan sitten presidentti Trump postoi yhdysvallan yhdysvallan puutteille yhdysvallan puutteille yhdysvallan puutteille yhdysvallan.

And according to him, the Iranian crew refused to listen, so our navy ship stopped them right in the tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room. Then that again is a major escalation, especially just days before the talks or on the eve of the planned talks in Islamabad. So they are saying that until this blockade is removed, and also they are criticizing the statement made by President Trump earlier that about

...targeting the Iranian infrastructure, so they're not happy with the developments. And in that context only, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shabash Sharif had a telephone conversation with the Iranian president a short while ago. It was a 45-minute conversation, so you can as well imagine the hectic diplomatic activity going behind the scenes to bring Iran to the negotiating table.

No, jos kysytään iranilaisia, he tuntuvat konflikti-messauksista, jotka tulevat Yhdysvalloissa, erityisesti presidentin Trumpin sosiaalisen mediasta. Nyt Pakistan on hyvin kiinnostunut näihin negosiaatioihin, ja he ovat olleet käsittelemään messauksia yhdessä kaksi puolta viimeiset päivät.

So Pakistan is playing a key role here, even if they can extend the ceasefire, because one set of ceasefire coming to an end on Wednesday, of course with Lebanon it is a different deadline. So even if they cannot reach a final agreement or some sort of framework for an agreement, for the moment they want to extend.

Keep continuing with the talks by extending the ceasefire. So the whole challenge is about narrowing down the differences, particularly with regard to enriched uranium and reducing missile capabilities and from Iran's point of view, removing the blockade and the sanctions. So that is a huge gap.

They may not influence the talks, but what they say is we are facilitators. So it is a key role, because this is one meeting ground where both the Americans and the Iranians feel comfortable to come, because the Iranians may not want to go to any other country for security and other reasons. But for Pakistan, it is a prestigious thing for them to hold these negotiations, and that's what you see, this last-minute diplomatic activity going on without any concrete confirmation coming from Iran.

Because Iran is saying, lift the blockade first to the US before we send our negotiators. And so far they're not showing any sign of blinking. That's what Iran was putting its foot down, even on the first round of negotiations, because they said they will not adhere to the ceasefire until Lebanon was included in the whole ceasefire discussion. And we've now seen a ceasefire in Lebanon.

So after a few days and then you saw President Trump also posting on social media saying Israel targeting Lebanon prohibited. So for many analysts, they saw that was in terms of tactical victory for Iran because Iran was insisting on having a broader ceasefire. Even Pakistan said Lebanon was included, but...

Whereas Israel and others were giving a different version. Now what they are saying is, according to the Iranian version, that the U.S. had agreed to remove the blockade. So that is what the bone of contention now. So many of these Iranian analysts would point out that you can't conduct diplomacy on social media. It has to be behind the scenes. So we don't know whether Iranians are going to come to the talks until the U.S. and others agree to the condition.