Islamabad/Tehran/Washington April 20, -- Uuncertainty remains over whether Iran will attend a second round of US-Iran negotiations due in Islamabad, as tensions between the United States and Iran have sharply escalated after US forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
Iran has signalled that it has no plans to send negotiators to Islamabad for a new round of talks with the United States, threatening Pakistan's plans for multiday negotiations between the warring nations less than 48 hours before a fragile ceasefire is set to expire.
A spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, said no decision had been made.
"As of now... we have no plans for the next round of negotiation," Baghaei said, adding th...