Pakistan Delegation Travels to Tehran to Prepare Second Round of US-Iran Nuclear Talks

A Pakistani diplomatic delegation departed for Tehran on April 15, 2026 to prepare the ground for a second round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations. Back-channel discussions with Iranian leadership followed the first round hosted by Islamabad on April 11-12. The White House said those talks would 'very likely' again be held in Islamabad, though no official dates were confirmed. US President Trump, speaking on April 15, said 'We're very close to making a deal with Iran' and stated that Iran had agreed to discuss its enriched uranium stockpile. CNN reported White House optimism about a potential Iran deal with Pakistani negotiators serving as the conduit between Washington and Tehran. For India-Pakistan dynamics, Pakistan's continued central role as a nuclear crisis mediator represented a profound diplomatic success that Indian analysts were struggling to counter.