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Iran war updates: Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for talks with US
A man checks the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a religious Shiite complex the day before in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on April 9, 2026. Calls were mounting for the ceasefire between the US and Iran to be extended to Israel’s war with Hezbollah, after a massive wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed more than 200 people.
A man checks the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a religious Shia complex in the southern Lebanese
The Iranian delegation, led by the country’s parliament speaker, has arrived in Pakistan for talks with the US, state TV says.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says US-Iran talks in Islamabad, slated to begin on Saturday, are a make-or-break to achieve a permanent ceasefire in the weeks-long Middle East conflict.
Israel continues to bombard Lebanon after killing at least 300 people and injuring 1,150 in nationwide strikes on Wednesday.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says if the US is willing to “crater its economy” in continuing to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “kill diplomacy” by not adhering to the ceasefire, that would be Washington’s “choice”.
