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Pakistan’s SA envoy ‘really hopeful’ for Iran peace talks even as hardliners, moderates clash in Tehran

Daily Maverick · · 983 words · By Peter Fabricius
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Pakistan, which is mediating the peace talks, believes the Iranian negotiators do have the backing of their supreme leader.”
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The claim that Pakistan believes Iranian negotiators have the backing of their supreme leader is supported by one web search result citing Malik Muhammad Farooq, but no other independent sources corroborate this specific belief.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Talks, also known as the Islamabad Peace Talks, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 and 12 April 2026. Aimed at stabilizing the 2026 Iran war ceasefire and negotiating a potential re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Talks
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web search NEUTRAL — Pakistan's High Commissioner Malik Muhammad Farooq said Iranian negotiators 'have the support of the supreme leader along with the people of Iran'.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-23-pakistans…
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web search NEUTRAL — Recent violent demonstrations in Islamabad and Karachi, protesting against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, led to a tense exchange between Field Marshal Munir and Shia clerics…
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/04/what-does-pakistan-gain…
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“This is according to Pakistan’s high commissioner to South Africa, Malik Muhammad Farooq, who told Daily Maverick that Pakistan was confident that Iran would send its negotiators to Islamabad for a second round of talks.”
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The specific statement attributed to Malik Muhammad Farooq regarding Pakistan's confidence in Iran sending negotiators to Islamabad for a second round of talks is found in the web search results, but no other independent sources corroborate this exact quote or context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Awan is a surname, and may refer to: Malik Shakeel Awan (born 1966), Pakistani politician Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1916–2006), Pakistani writer and critic Ahmed Ali Awan, convicted of the murder of Ross …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awan_(surname)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (29 May 1940 – 20 October 2010) was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth president of Pakistan from 1993 until his resignation in 1997. He, prior to his presidency…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farooq_Leghari
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim Lea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah
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“The talks were postponed indefinitely this week as the US and Iran both enforced blockades on the Strait of Hormuz.”
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The web search results mention blockades related to the Strait of Hormuz involving the US and Iran, and Wikipedia details a 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis involving blockades. However, none of the evidence explicitly states that the talks were postponed *indefinitely* *because* of US and Iranian blockades, making it a single-source assertion based on the gathered context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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“A two-week deadline for a ceasefire expired on Wednesday.”
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Multiple web search results report that a two-week ceasefire deadline was set to expire on Wednesday, confirming the core elements of the claim across different reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — The deadline for the end of a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US looms on Wednesday night (US time).With the two-week ceasefire set to expire, the senior Iranian official said it was “positive…
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/04/21/iran-ce…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump told Bloomberg that the ceasefire with Iran will expire on "Wednesday evening Washington time," a day after the two-week mark from the original announcement.
https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-reportedly-says-iran-ceasefire…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump announces a two-week ceasefire between US, Iran on April 7, 2026.The ceasefire announcement came following an earlier Pakistani request for Trump to add a two-week extension …
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892348
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“US President Donald Trump had threatened to resume bombing Iran if it did not meet US demands which reportedly relate mostly to its nuclear programme.”
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While Wikipedia mentions US negotiations with Iran and Trump's involvement, the specific claim that Donald Trump threatened to resume bombing Iran if it did not meet demands *related mostly to its nuclear programme* is not directly and independently corroborated by the provided evidence, although the general context of US-Iran tension and nuclear talks exists.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The US military said the blockade had begun on Monday, 13 Ap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and as president of the United States of America. The earliest known attempt o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…
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“Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif persuaded Trump on Tuesday to extend the ceasefire until Iran had submitted a peace proposal “and discussions are concluded”.”
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The web search results mention Pakistan's involvement in ceasefire extensions and peace proposals involving Trump, but the specific claim that Shehbaz Sharif persuaded Trump on Tuesday to extend the ceasefire until Iran submitted a peace proposal and discussions concluded is only detailed in the context of the search results, lacking independent confirmation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mian Abbas Sharif (4 January 1953 – 11 January 2013) was a Pakistani politician and Tablighi Jamaat missionary who was the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1993 to 1997. He was the you…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Sharif
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Shehbaz Sharif during his first term as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from April 2022 to August 2023 and his second term from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Pakistan since 2024, having previously been in the role between …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif
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“Trump said on 21 April that Pakistan had urged the US not to resume attacks while Iranian leaders work to produce a “unified proposal”.”
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Two separate web search results report that Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran while waiting for a unified proposal from Iran, corroborating the core elements of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and as president of the United States of America. The earliest known attempt o…
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“This suggested that the Iranian government was divided, reinforcing perceptions of a power struggle between the moderate speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is leading the negotiations with the US, and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander, Major General Ahmad Vahidi, a hardliner.”
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Two separate web search results identify Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as the Parliament speaker leading negotiations, and both mention a clash or tension involving him, Abbas Araghchi, and IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi, suggesting the described power struggle.
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web search NEUTRAL — Then, during the night of Friday, April 10, to Saturday, April 11, the Iranian negotiating team led by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, finally arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan's ...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The sources shared that IRGC Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi is attempting to curb the authority of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892602
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web search NEUTRAL — Long before he became Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was on a charm offensive for almost two decades, portraying himself as a hard-liner who the West could nevertheless do ...
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260324-iran-s-parl…
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“Daily Maverick asked Farooq if Pakistan believed that Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is also part of the negotiation team, had the full Iranian government behind them.”
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“He was referring to Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated by the US in a missile strike on 28 February, the first day of its attack on Iran.”
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“We also asked Farooq whether the US or Iran had the upper hand, with Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz on the one side while the US imposed a blockade on the Gulf of Oman on the other.”
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““It’s not about saying that who has the upper hand or who has the lower hand. Conflict, you know, be it any form, is not good, not only for the region. And as I said, the Strait of Hormuz is very critical; 25% to 30% of the oil and gas supplies pass through that.””
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“Since then the IRGC announced it had seized two cargo ships on Wednesday near the strait.”
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“But the Trump administration, surprisingly, played down the seizures because the ships were neither American nor Israeli.”
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“He would only say that just getting Iran and the US to the first round of talks had been an achievement which had been widely acknowledged around the world.”
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“This was their first such meeting after a gap of 47 years since the Iranian Revolution of 1979.”
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“He said it had been an overall joint effort, with the Gulf region, particularly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, playing a key role along with others including China and the European Union.”
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“Since its independence in 1947, [Pakistan] had made an effort to facilitate the independence of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.”
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“Pakistan… brought the US and China together in the 1970s.”
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“And we have also been in the peace process of Afghanistan.”
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“Iran was its neighbour, sharing a long border of nearly 1,000km as well as strong cultural ties.”
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