Tag: #DeEscalation
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Pakistan FM, after visits, says Iran wants to de-escalate
Washington, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Pakistan’s foreign minister, who has shuttled between Washington and Tehran in the course of a week, voiced confidence Friday that Iran was seeking to lower tensions. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi discussed Iran and Afghanistan’s peace process Friday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, five days after seeing Iranian President…
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Iran agrees de-escalation ‘only solution’ to solve crises
Tehran, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): Iran signalled Sunday it favours “de-escalation” after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States that saw both sides fire missiles and led Tehran to accidentally shoot down a passenger aircraft. Security was stepped up in Iran’s capital after a vigil the previous night for those killed in the air…