Pakistan offers to host US-Iran talks as Tehran warns ground troops would be 'set on fire'

Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States and Iran over the monthlong war, positioning itself as a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy routes are shaken and fears grow of a broader conflict involving Israel, Lebanon and key maritime chokepoints. Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks…

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• Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States and Iran over the monthlong war, positioning itself as a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy…
• Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States and Iran over the monthlong war, positioning itself as
• a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy routes are shaken and fears grow of a broader conflict
• involving Israel, Lebanon and key maritime chokepoints. Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• involving Israel, Lebanon and key maritime chokepoints. Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States
• and Iran over the monthlong war, positioning itself as a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy routes
• are shaken and fears grow of a broader conflict involving Israel, Lebanon and key maritime chokepoints.

Why it matters

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• a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy routes are shaken and fears grow of a broader conflict
• involving Israel, Lebanon and key maritime chokepoints. Pakistan on Sunday said it would soon host talks between the United States
• and Iran over the monthlong war, positioning itself as a mediator as fighting intensifies across the region, global energy routes