Security beefed up in Islamabad ahead of high-level US-Iran peace talks

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday met United States Ambassador Natalie Baker and discussed the current situation in the Middle East, while exchanging views on the high-level US-Iran peace talks scheduled to begin in Islamabad from tomorrow (Friday). Pakistan is set to host the US and Iran delegations following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire brokered by Islamabad. The war began when Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran that assassinated its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, sparking retaliatory attacks from Tehran on Gulf nations and Israel.