By Mukesh 
Senior Iranian and American delegations met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday (April 11, 2026) to begin negotiations towards a deal to end the West Asia war unleashed six weeks earlier by U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
With the talks underway at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel, Iranian media said the negotiating format going forward had yet to be determined, and it was not clear whether the two sides would meet face-to-face or continue to exchange messages via the Pakistanis.