The United States and Iran have agreed to extend their ceasefire arrangements beyond an Aug. 17 deadline, Pakistani government sources told Anadolu Agency on Aug. 12, although the length of the extension has yet to be settled.
“Both sides have conveyed their consent to the mediators to extend the deadline,” a source close to the mediation process said.
The two countries were still exchanging messages over the duration, the source added.
Neither Washington nor Tehran had publicly confirmed the reported agreement.
The Islamabad memorandum, signed on June 17, gave the two sides 60 days to negotiate a final agreement and allowed the period to be extended by mutual consent. Talks later stalled over security guarantees and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said Islamabad was making “all-out efforts” to return the parties to negotiations and would continue using direct and indirect channels to support dialogue.
The report followed a visit to Tehran by Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi, who met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Iran’s Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Ali Akbar Javidan, meanwhile, dismissed reports of a possible U.S. ground operation against Iran as “delusional,” telling Tasnim news agency that the country’s border forces were fully deployed and prepared for any attack.
