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Pakistan ends two-week lockdown in Islamabad, signaling no US-Iran talks in capital

By The South Asia Times

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani authorities have lifted the security lockdown in the capital, signaling that a second round of US-Iran peace talks will not be held in the city as previously anticipated.

The lockdown, which lasted nearly two weeks, was imposed as strict security measures were put in place ahead of an expected second round of negotiations between American and Iranian delegations in Islamabad. Roads around the capital’s high-security Red Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, had been blocked with shipping containers, and mobile phone services were intermittently suspended.

However, with no fresh talks announced and the US delegation’s planned trip canceled last week by President Donald Trump, authorities have now begun dismantling barricades and restoring normalcy to the city.

The Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, which took effect on April 8, remains in place. But diplomatic efforts have stalled after Trump called off the US envoys’ visit, saying there was no point “sitting around talking about nothing.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who visited Islamabad over the weekend for meetings with Pakistani leadership, has since departed for Russia. No date has been set for the resumption of direct US-Iran negotiations.

Pakistan ends two-week lockdown in Islamabad, signaling no US-Iran talks in capital

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