Dar tables US-Iran deal in NA

Says next phase to cover nuclear matters, sanctions and Lebanon issue Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday tabled the three-page US-Iran agreement in the National Assembly, saying phase two would involve technical discussions on nuclear matters, sanctions and frozen assets, and Lebanon. While addressing the National Assembly session, Dar said placing it on record alongside the June 22 joint communique issued by the United States, Iran, Qatar, and Pakistan, saying the document had been “considerably misunderstood” and misquoted. “It is the right of both Houses that I place this on the record of this assembly, so that if any colleague wishes to see this document, take a copy, or quote it, there is no misunderstanding,” he said. He added that every page of the agreement carried initials and the third page bore full signatures, and that the foreign office had also uploaded the communiqué to its website. “All agreed to it, and its copy was also placed by our foreign office on their website, so that colleagues who need to see what the outcome was, what the roadmap is, how to move forward, I will also place the copy, the one issued by all four countries from Switzerland on June 22, on the record for the foreign office, so that any member of the NA or Senate may see it,” he said. Giving the house a detailed account of how the agreement came together, Dar said the breakthrough came after a 21-hour negotiating session on April 10 and 11. The session ran through six rounds, with breaks taken not for rest but for consultation, continuing until Fajr, Dar said. “I pay tribute to both parties,” he added, noting that they had agreed to sit at the same table on the condition that Pakistan, their mutually chosen mediator, also be present. The foreign minister said that the US delegation comprised Vice President JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner. Iran was represented by its Senior Speaker, Bagher Ghalibaf and two other senior officials, including a