Rawalpindi (Manend News)The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir had arrived in Tehran as part of the “ongoing mediation efforts”.
In a statement, ISPR said that CDF Munir had arrived in the Iranian capital alongside a formal delegation and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
The statement came hours after Iran said that exchanges with the United States via Pakistan had continued following negotiations in Islamabad over the weekend that yielded no result.
“Since Sunday, when the Iranian delegation returned to Tehran, several messages have been exchanged through Pakistan,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing.
“Today, we are very likely to receive a Pakistani delegation as a continuation of the discussions in Islamabad,” he added.
Baqaei asserted that Tehran’s right to enrich uranium was “indisputable” although the level of enrichment is “negotiable”.
The Iranian official said the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy could not be “taken away under pressure or through war”.
“Regarding the level and type of enrichment, we have always stated that this issue is negotiable. We have emphasised that Iran should be able to continue enrichment in accordance with its needs,” he added.
Baqaei also said some of the US demands during the talks with the US were “unreasonable and unrealistic”, without elaborating.
He insisted on Iran’s right to peaceful use of nuclear energy, saying it could not be “taken away under pressure or through war”.
The level of enrichment, he said, remains “negotiable” and “Iran should be able to continue enrichment in accordance with its needs”.