Iran thanks Pakistan after Islamabad talks, says US failed to gain trust
US officials say Iran declined to accept Washington's terms
Iran has thanked Pakistan for hosting recent talks with the United States, while saying Washington failed to gain its trust during the negotiations.
Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, today (12 April) said the United States failed to gain Iran's trust despite what he described as Tehran's willingness to engage in good faith.
In a series of posts on X, he said Iran entered the talks with "the necessary good faith and will" but remained sceptical due to past conflicts.
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"Due to the experiences of the two previous wars, we have no trust in the opposing side," he said, adding that proposals put forward by the Iranian delegation did not lead to progress.
US officials, however, said Iran declined to accept Washington's terms.
"We go back to the United States having not come to an agreement," said US Vice President JD Vance, speaking to reporters in Islamabad early Sunday.
He added that Washington had clearly laid out its position and that Iran had chosen not to accept its terms.
The peace talks, held in Islamabad this weekend, lasted around 21 hours and marked the first direct engagement between the two sides in decades.
They ended without a breakthrough as both sides failed to bridge key differences, particularly over Iran's nuclear programme.
