Trump Reveals Results of Discussions with Iran in Pakistan

US President Donald Trump stated that negotiations between the United States and Iran, facilitated by a Pakistani ‘envoy’, are currently underway. Trump claimed that the talks are showing positive progress. However, Trump did not elaborate on the positive progress he claimed. He did not say whether a ceasefire had been agreed upon or the Strait of Hormuz opened. “We still have about 3,000 targets - we have bombed 13,000 targets - and several thousand more targets to bomb,” Trump said in his interview with The Financial Times as reported by Al Jazeera on Monday (30/3/2026). “An agreement can be made quite quickly,” he added. In this interview, Trump also mentioned that Iran allowed 10 Pakistani-flagged oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a “gift” to the White House. He said Iran had doubled the number with the approval of Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. “It was he who allowed those ships to be sent to me,” said Trump. “Remember, I said they gave me a gift? And everyone said, ‘What gift? Nonsense.’ When they hear about it, they go quiet, and the negotiations are going very well,” he added. Previously, foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan met in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting of the four foreign ministers will discuss the war between the United States and Iran and the impacts it has caused in the Middle East region. The meeting was held on the local date. Pakistan acted as an intermediary between the US and Iran. The meeting was held at the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. “The foreign ministers, during consultations, will review the evolving regional situation and discuss issues of common interest,” said the Pakistani Foreign Ministry as reported by Al Arabiya on Sunday (29/3/2026). Islamabad has long-standing relations with Tehran and close contacts in the Gulf, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have established personal relationships with US President Donald Trump. Tehran has rejected acknowledging official talks with Washington but has conveyed a response to Trump’s 15-point plan to end the war through Islamabad, according to anonymous sources cited by Iran’s Tasnim news agency. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday (28/3) said that he had a detailed telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian lasting more than an hour, outlining his country’s “ongoing diplomatic efforts”. Pezeshkian thanked Islamabad “for mediation efforts to stop the aggression”.