UNI NEWS ANALYSISBY RAMESH BHANNew Delhi, April 4 -- Pakistan's ambitions of mediation between Iran and United States-Israel to resolve the current West Asia crisis, specially revolving around Hormuz Strait, have seemingly got bombed as Iran has reportedly refused to hold talks in Islamabad.
Although there has not been any official statement from either Iran, or US-Israel, sources said official Iranian rejections of the process and subsequent reports that Tehran has formally notified mediators of its refusal to participate in talks in Islamabad, have cast a shadow on Pakistan's role.
With this diplomatic cul-de-sac, is Islamabad out and India (as BRICS Chair) in? The question remains.
There have been direct statements from both sides tha...