{"id":8362,"date":"2026-04-11T13:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/goodwill-but-no-trust-wary-iran-and-us-head-to-islamabad-talks-what-each-side-wants-world-news-hindustan-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:26:53","slug":"goodwill-but-no-trust-wary-iran-and-us-head-to-islamabad-talks-what-each-side-wants-world-news-hindustan-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/goodwill-but-no-trust-wary-iran-and-us-head-to-islamabad-talks-what-each-side-wants-world-news-hindustan-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Goodwill but no trust\u2019: Wary Iran and US head to Islamabad talks; what each side wants | World News – Hindustan Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran and the United States head into high-stakes talks in Islamabad on Saturday with both sides openly wary of each other. While Tehran has reiterated that it approaches negotiations with \u201cgoodwill but no trust,\u201d Washington has also signalled caution.
Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Friday night reiterated Tehran<\/a>\u2019s deep distrust of the United States. According to the Tasnim News Agency, <\/i>he said, “Our experience of negotiations with the Americans has always been met with failure and breach of promise. They attacked us twice in the middle of the negotiations. We have goodwill but no trust.” Track <\/i>US-Iran war live updates.<\/i><\/a>
Ghalibaf made the remarks upon arriving in Islamabad<\/a>, where he is leading a high-level delegation for expected discussions involving the American side. His comments came in response to recent statements by US Vice President JD Vance<\/a>.
Earlier in the day, Vance said that \u201cIf the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we’re certainly willing to extend the open hand,\u201d but warned that \u201cif they’re going to try to play us, then they’re going to find the negotiating team is not that receptive,\u201d AFP quoted him as saying.
Vance is travelling to Islamabad along with US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> described the upcoming negotiations as a difficult but decisive phase.
\u201cA temporary ceasefire has been announced, but now an even more difficult stage lies ahead: the stage of achieving a lasting ceasefire, of resolving complicated issues through negotiations,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is that stage which, in English, is called the equivalent of ‘make or break,’\u201d AFP reported.
According to a statement from Pakistan\u2019s foreign office, Ghalibaf\u2019s delegation was received upon arrival by deputy PM Ishaq Dar, chief of defence forces and army chief field marshal Asim Munir<\/a>, national assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and interior minister Mohsin Naqvi.
As reported by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian delegation includes representatives from security, political, military, economic and legal fields.
The team includes foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, secretary of Iran\u2019s defence council Ali Akbar Ahmadian, and central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati, along with several members of parliament.
Tehran has continued to stress preconditions laid out earlier by Ghalibaf, warning that failure to meet them could derail the process, as reported by Press TV.
In a post on X, Ghalibaf said two key steps agreed between the parties remain unfulfilled. According to him, both the Lebanon ceasefire and the release of frozen Iranian assets<\/a> are essential conditions before any formal dialogue begins in Islamabad.
He said: \u201cTwo of the measures mutually agreed upon between the parties have yet to be implemented: a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran’s blocked assets prior to the commencement of negotiations. These two matters must be fulfilled before negotiations begin,\u201d
However, Israel has maintained that the two-week ceasefire does not extend to Lebanon.
This comes as Israeli strikes following earlier hostilities linked to Hezbollah have left heavy casualties in the region. Lebanese authorities say more than 1,950 people have been killed in recent weeks, including over 350 on a single day during renewed strikes.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz\u2014through which nearly one-fifth of the world\u2019s crude oil passes\u2014is expected to be a key issue in the Islamabad peace talks.
US President Donald Trump said the vital shipping route would be opened \u201cfairly soon.\u201d While talking to reporters, he added, \u201cWe’re going to open up the Gulf with or without them… or the strait as they call it,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it’s going to go pretty quickly, and if it doesn’t, we’ll be able to finish it off. We will have that open fairly soon.\u201d
When asked what a successful deal with Iran would look like, Trump kept the focus narrowly on nuclear concerns, saying: \u201cNo nuclear weapon. That’s 99 percent of it.\u201d
Official sources cited by news agency AFP indicate that the discussions are expected to cover multiple sensitive issues, including Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment programme and ensuring the free flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump had earlier posted on his TruthSocial account that Iran has \u201cno cards\u201d in the negotiations, apart from what he described as \u201ca short-term extortion of the World by using International Waterways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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