Trump says talks with Iran could resume in the next two days

Washington/LondonIslamabad, Paris, Rome, Ankara, Qatar, London… Behind the scenes, international diplomacy is working against the clock to prevent the collapse of the truce between Iran and the United States. In this context, Donald Trump said this Tuesday in an interview with the New York Post that talks with Tehran could resume in the next 48 hours and that the venue would likely be Pakistan. At this point it is difficult to discern to what extent the tycoon's words are a real prediction or a wish, but they are in line with previous reports indicating that US officials are trying to resume talks with the Iranians before the ceasefire expires next Tuesday.

The announcement comes amid the alleged blockade that Trump has been applying to Iran since yesterday and after the Americans walked away from the negotiating table with the ayatollahs on Sunday without reaching any agreement. Although the US military reported this Tuesday that it had intercepted six boats in the first 24 hours, there are also reports of two vessels linked to the Iranians that have successfully passed through the strait. Trump had to call the

New York Post twice to correct himself, as he had initially ruled out that Pakistan, the mediator country of the truce, would once again host the talks. Hours earlier, Pakistani government sources had reiterated that Islamabad is willing to host "as many rounds as necessary" to ensure peace.

In his amendment, Trump urged reporters not to leave Islamabad, and assured that "something could happen in the next two days." The reason for this change of opinion would be the figure of Marshal Asim Munir, the chief of the Pakistani army, whom the president has dubbed "field marshal" and has described as "fantastic." "He's doing a great job," he said. Now it remains to be seen whether the tycoon's prediction will be a prediction or will remain just a wish.

will get up from the negotiating table with the ayatollahsExternal pressure also comes from China, which has described the naval blockade of Hormuz as "dangerous and irresponsible". The Asian giant, the main buyer of Iranian oil, fears that the militarization of maritime routes will compromise the security of passage through Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's crude oil transits.

advance the Zionist agenda of "Greater Israel"A historic face-to-face without Hezbollah

In parallel to the president's announcement, a historic meeting was also taking place in Washington to try to prevent the ceasefire from derailing. Israel and Lebanon have met face-to-face for the first time since 1983. The meeting was hosted at the U.S. State Department, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the main mediator. The Americans offered to mediate between the two countries, given that the constant Israeli bombings in the south of the Arab country have shaken the ceasefire with Tehran since its inception. In fact, the attacks against Lebanon have been another episode of the public divergences of interests between Trump and Netanyahu. However, despite the milestone that the meeting represents, it has little practical impact, as the Islamist group Hezbollah has been left out of the mediations.

Until this very morning the Israeli army has continued to attack southern Lebanon under the pretext of wanting to annihilate Hezbollah, which in recent days has responded by launching rockets against Israel and fighting Israeli ground troops on the ground. The military offensive ordered by Benjamin Netanyahu has already killed at least 2,089 people, including 165 children and 87 health workers, and has displaced more than 1.2 million Lebanese. The Israeli prime minister is applying the same scorched-earth policy to advance the Zionist agenda of the "Greater Israel."advance the Zionist agenda of the "Greater Israel".

At the beginning of the meeting between the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, and his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, Rubio stated that he hoped the talks could initiate a process to permanently end the conflict in Lebanon and prevent Hezbollah, which he described as an "Iranian proxy terrorist", from threatening Israel. "This is a process, not an event. This is more than a single day. This will take time, but we believe this effort is worthwhile," added the head of US diplomacy.

At the end of the meeting, which lasted about two hours, the Israeli government expressed its support for the disarmament of all non-state armed groups – in reference to Hezbollah – and the dismantling of infrastructures it considers "terrorist" in Lebanon. For its part, the Lebanese state focused on the humanitarian emergency and made an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire.

Diplomatic efforts to rebuild bridges

In the last few hours, contacts have also intensified from the major European chancellories, with interventions by the French president, Emmanuel Macron; the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and also by the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, during his trip to China. Diplomatic efforts that have the active support of countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The task is to rebuild the bridges that were broken last weekend, when the first high-level meeting ended without a solid agreement on the region's nuclear future.

The clash between Rome and Washington over Trump's criticism of Pope Leo XIV has ended up fracturing the republican's relationship with Meloni, a long-time ally of the far-right. The Italian prime minister, who had already been distancing herself from the republican, called the attacks against the pontiff "unacceptable" on Monday. This Tuesday the US president called the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera to express his "shock" at Meloni's attitude and accused her of not having enough "courage" to support him in his military campaign in the Middle East.

The international community, therefore, waits with skepticism to see if the need for an agreement will eventually prevail over the rhetoric of confrontation that dominates both sides. What is evident is that the first meeting in Islamabad has not been enough to break the great distrust that Tehran has with Washington.