No Iranian delegation has visited Islamabad for talks with US ‘so far’

Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint in Pakistan (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Iranian state television has issued an on-screen alert saying that “no delegation from Iran has visited Islamabad… so far” as speculation about possible talks with the United States grows.

The alert likely reflects the internal debate ongoing within Iran’s theocracy as it weighs how to respond to the US Navy’s seizure of an Iranian container ship over the weekend.