A security personnel stands guard outside the Foreign Ministry office in Islamabad on April 9, 2026. AFP
Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Thursday morning that an Iranian delegation would arrive "tonight in Islamabad for serious talks based on 10 points proposed by Iran". The post was deleted shortly after.
An official at the Iranian embassy in Islamabad told AFP the post was removed "because of some issues", declining to say whether the delegation was still expected Thursday.
When asked further, the official said: "Timing -- we were not supposed to send it."
The deletion raises fresh uncertainty over the arrival schedule, although both the United States and Iran have confirmed their participation in peace talks, brokered by Pakistan in Islamabad.
Pakistan, along with Egypt and Turkey, has pushed intense diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, and the Iranian retaliatory strikes against US bases in the region and Arab Gulf countries.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invited both delegations "to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes".
The White House has said Vice President JD Vance would lead US negotiations over the war in Islamabad "this weekend".
Authorities in the Pakistan capital declared local holidays on Wednesday for the next two days. No official reason was given, but such restrictions are common ahead of high-profile diplomatic events.
Essential services, including police, hospitals, and power and gas utilities will remain operational, the deputy commissioner's office said.
There appear to be many points of disagreement to address, including whether Iran will be allowed to formalize a system of charging ships to use the strait that it has instituted.
The fate of Iran’s missile and nuclear programs, the elimination of which were alleged major objectives for the US and Israel in going to war, also remained unclear. The US insists Iran must never be able to build nuclear weapons and wants to remove Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Trump said Wednesday that the US would work with Iran to remove the buried uranium, though Iran did not confirm that. In one version of the deal that Iran published, it said it would be allowed to continue enrichment.
The US-Iran two-week truce came under pressure following massive Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, which killed at least 254 Lebanese, and wounding over one thousand.
The Israeli Wednesday assaults on Lebanon drew global condemnation as several countries called for Lebanon's inclusion in the US–Iran truce.
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump claimed the Iran war truce does not include Lebanon.
However, in an interview with CNN, the Pakistani ambassador to the United States confirmed that, based on understandings reached at the highest levels of government, Lebanon is included in the ceasefire agreement brokered between the United States and Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi raised "ceasefire violations" by Israel in a call with the commander of the armed forces of Pakistan, which mediated the fragile truce, an Iranian ministry statement said.
Iran's parliament speaker said Wednesday that a ceasefire and talks with the United States were "unreasonable" because of violations of Tehran's 10-point truce plan, including continued attacks in Lebanon, a drone entering Iranian airspace, and a denial of the country's right to enrichment.
Iran has shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz after it said that the US and Israel have violated the terms of the deal by launching drones against the country, and after the Israelis airstrikes on Lebanon hours after the deal was announced.
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