Pakistan working on nuclear ‘breakthrough’

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Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran on Thursday, PressTV reported on X.
Iranian media said he also held a meeting with Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Commander Major General Ali Abdollahi.
As per IRNA, he “presented a report on the measures he has taken within the framework of ending the war as well as his talks in Tehran, and stressed the continuation of these efforts”.
Meanwhile, two government sources told Anadolu that Pakistan was working for a “breakthrough” on Iran’s nuclear programme issue in “days to come” with CDF Munir holding talks with the Iranian leadership on the issue, which remains the key bottleneck in the way of a negotiated settlement with the United States.
Islamabad “is working on bringing a maximum understanding” between the US and Iran, with a focus on Tehran’s nuclear issue, before a possible new round of talks in the capital, said the sources, stressing anonymity for discussing “sensitive details” of the ongoing mediation process.
Sources also said Iran has agreed to a third-party monitoring of its nuclear programme by four nations jointly with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“Tehran in principle agrees to Islamabad’s proposal” of third-party monitoring on its nuclear programme, they said, adding that Iran has no objection to the inclusion of the IAEA in the four-nation monitoring framework.
Iran has conveyed its agreement to CDF Munir, while Washington has yet to react to the proposal, the sources noted.
No names were provided for potential members of the four-nation team.
The US has long demanded “strict and comprehensive” monitoring to ensure that Iran does not build a nuclear weapon.
Reports have emerged from Tehran that gaps between the US and Iranian demands have been “reduced,” while the nuclear issue remains the main issue.
Washington’s priority, however, “still is the suspension of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme for at least 20 years in exchange for sanctions relief”, the Pakistani sources added.
Iran is said to have over 400 kilogrammes of enriched uranium, and Tehran has proposed that it can suspend nuclear activity for up to five years, according to The New York Times.