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Iran warns the US it will not negotiate "under threat and pressure"

A few hours before the end of the truce, President Trump has assumed that Iran will sit at the negotiating table in Islamabad and has confirmed, , that the US delegation is on its way to Islamabad, Pakistan, to resume talks.

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan), 20/04/2026.- A Pakistani Army soldier stands guard on a road leading to the red zone where most of the diplomatic missions and government offices are situated, including the venue of the expected second round of peace talks between the USA and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, 20 April 2026. Islamabad is under tight security, with major roads sealed and public transport suspended as Pakistan prepares to host a possible second round of US-Iran peace talks. EFE/EPA/SOHAIL SHAHZAD

Pakistan police guarding the area on the verge of a second round of negotiations with the United States. 

Iran warns the US that it will not negotiate "under threatand force, "and reminds it that this principle should be clear. There is doubt that a second round of meetings will take place in Pakistan, although President Donald Trump has confirmed that the US delegation is on its way to Islamabad, Pakistan, to resume talks with Iran.

"The universal truth is that no country possessing a great civilization would negotiate under threat and force," Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moqadam, said in a social media message.

Iran reiterates that it will not negotiate under threat and pressure because it considers c to be a "fundamental, Islamic and theological principle" and urges the United States to take this position.

These statements follow warnings from US President Donald Trump, who has taken it for granted that Iran will sit at the negotiating table in Islamabad, and has warned that if it does not, it will face "unprecedented problems."

In this context, the White House has confirmed that a delegation led by Vice President JD Vance is on its way to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks. However, Tehran has not confirmed its participation in those talks, claiming that Washington has violated the two-week ceasefire agreed on April 8.

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