Ben Ferguson

But his statement nonetheless confirmed the existence of some form of communication between individuals in power in Iran and the White House, specifically Donald Trump.

Quote, our position is clear.

We are under military aggression.

Therefore, all our efforts and strengths are focused on defending ourselves.

According to translation by the Saudi outlet there, the government of also Pakistan claimed last week that it was mediating talks between America and Iran.

handing Tehran a 15-point proposal from the White House.

Trump shortly thereafter claimed that Iran, quote, gave us most of the points and that he would be asking for a couple of other things.

The president also announced that he would not target any energy infrastructure in Iran through April the 6th.

That would be Easter Sunday.

Talks are ongoing, and despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the fake news media and others, they are going very well, the president said.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

He also claimed that Iran was begging for a deal, contrary to the declarations in Iranian state media, clearly to keep the people in Iran in line.

Also indicating the existence of talks, and those talks actually being very real, was the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, known as the IAEA, who told Italian media on Wednesday that talks about the Iran war would take place in Pakistan as early as this past weekend.

Another example of confirmation.

Three weeks of war have left their mark, which caused a lot of damage, affected Iran's economic, energy, and productive infrastructure.

This will make the conversation, quote, a little bit different.

Now, Pakistan did host talks on the Iran war this weekend.

But reports indicated that neither Iran nor the United States of America, quote, participated.

Instead, the event offered an opportunity for Pakistan to discuss the war with officials from Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as Egypt.

Now, according to the Egyptian foreign minister, the objective of the talks is to de-escalate tension.