Pakistan’s Four-Nation Drive Seeks a Bridge to US-Iran Talks Amid Regional War

Pakistan hosts a four-nation diplomacy track with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt to broker direct US–Iran talks amid the US-Israel war on Iran, forming a Committee of Four to stage confidence-building steps culminating in ceasefire talks. Washington and Tehran have signaled cautious openness to Islamabad as a backchannel, but core issues such as Iran's nuclear and security guarantees over the Strait of Hormuz remain unresolved, Iran remains skeptical, and escalation pressures from Israel and regional partners persist, with China and the UN backing the effort.