US and Iran signal they will return to Pakistan for ceasefire talks – officials

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

The United States and Iran have signalled they will hold a new round of ceasefire talks in Islamabad, two regional officials said.

The officials’ comments come as neither the US nor Iran have publicly confirmed the timing of the talks, with Iranian state television denying any official was already in Pakistan’s capital.

Pakistan-led mediators received confirmation that top negotiators, US vice president JD Vance and Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, will arrive in Islamabad early on Wednesday to lead their teams in the talks, the officials told The Associated Press.

A two-week ceasefire in the war is due to expire.