Iran and US envoys travel to Pakistan for talks

US and Iranian officials head to Islamabad as potential peace talks stall due to the US’s continued blockade of Iranian ports.

Also on today’s programme: the Lebanon ceasefire has been nominally extended, yet Israeli forces continue to strike; and a newly published book explores how a mother came to terms with the death of her son following the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Kadri Liik, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Europe think tank based in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and Michael Peel, science editor at the Financial Times in London.

(Photo: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar welcomes Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi upon his arrival, in a location given as Islamabad. 25 April 2026. Credit: Reuters)