Islamabad Summit Collapses: Ghalibaf Blames US "Broken Promises" for Ceasefire Failure
Islamabad Summit Collapses: Ghalibaf Blames US "Broken Promises" for Ceasefire Failure ISLAMABAD — High-stakes peace negotiations between the United States and Iran ended in a stalemate early Sunday morning, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire hanging by a thread. After 21 hours of marathon discussions in the Pakistani capital, both delegations departed without a resolution, trading accusations over who derailed the historic summit. A "Trust Deficit" in the Capital The talks, mediated by Pakistan, represented the highest-level direct engagement between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, the atmosphere remained chilled by decades of animosity and recent military escalations. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament and head of the Iranian delegation, pinned the failure squarely on Washington. In a stinging post-negotiation statement, Ghalibaf argued that the U.S. had failed to provide the guarantees necessary to ear...