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US and Iran plan to meet soon in Pakistan, says German minister

Germany’s foreign minister is saying the US and Iran have had indirect negotiations and that representatives from both sides plan to meet shortly in Pakistan.

“Based on my information there have been indirect contacts, and preparations have been made to meet directly. That would be very soon in Pakistan, apparently,” Johann Wadephul told Deutschlandfunk radio on Friday, cited by Reuters.

The report could not be independently confirmed.

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Saudi Arabia urging US to keep up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms

Julian Borger

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Saudi Arabia has urged the US to ramp up attacks on Iran, a Saudi intelligence source has confirmed, while it is weighing a decision on whether to join the fight directly.

The Saudi source confirmed reporting in the New York Times, which said the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has urged Donald Trump not to cut short his war against Iran, and that the US-Israeli campaign represented a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East.

The intelligence source said Riyadh was not just calling for the military campaign to be continued, but to be intensified. Trump appeared to confirm the report about the crown prince’s role, telling journalists on Tuesday: “Yeah, he’s a warrior. He’s fighting with us.”

There are no reports of active Saudi military involvement in the nearly four-week-old war so far, but a Saudi political analyst said the kingdom was likely to take that step if current peace efforts led by Pakistan failed.

Donald Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in November 2025. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Julian Borger is the Guardian’s senior international correspondent and Aram Roston is senior political enterprise reporter for the Guardian US.

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