Buenos Aires, April 11 (NA) — Delegations from the United States and Iran today completed two critical rounds of negotiations at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad. This dialogue, mediated by Pakistan, aims to transform the fragile two-week ceasefire, in effect since last Wednesday, into a definitive peace agreement to end the regional war that broke out on January 28 following the death of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iranian state television and White House sources confirmed that the talks have moved to a 'technical phase'. Experts from both sides are currently exchanging legal and technical texts to structure a treaty that goes beyond the cessation of hostilities. Late Saturday in Pakistan, a senior U.S. administration official stated that trilateral talks (U.S.-Iran-Pakistan) continue in person, while the Persian press, through Fars and Tasnim agencies, reported that a third round of dialogue will 'probably be held tonight or tomorrow Sunday'. Despite the atmosphere described as 'cordial' by Pakistani diplomats, Washington's demands have caused immediate friction. According to Iranian state media, the delegation led by White House officials is making 'excessive demands' regarding sovereignty and transit in the Strait of Hormuz, the most strategic maritime route for global oil trade. On the other hand, U.S. President Donald Trump has clearly defined the success of this summit: 'A good agreement would entail that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. The success of the third round, scheduled for the coming hours, will determine if the Middle East is heading towards systemic peace or if distrust over the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear control will lead the powers back to the battlefield. #AgenciaNA. They cannot have nuclear weapons, it's 99% of what we're looking for,' the president declared on Friday, emphasizing that total denuclearization is the non-negotiable condition of his administration. Israel's stance: 'Strategy of strangulation'. As the dialogue advances in Islamabad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a message of military firmness from Jerusalem. Netanyahu stated that thanks to coordinated attacks with the U.S., Israel has achieved the destruction of Iran's nuclear and missile programs. According to Netanyahu, the Islamic regime is at its weakest moment since 1979. It is the first objective. 'They wanted to strangle us, and now it is we who are strangling them,' the prime minister concluded.
