Pakistan steps up diplomatic efforts to hasten US-Iran peace talks - report

(Sharecast News) - Pakistan is reportedly stepping up its diplomatic efforts to hasten peace talks between the US and Iran, after Tehran said it was reviewing the latest responses from Washington, and as Donald Trump suggested he could wait a few days for "the right answers".

According to Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations, Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir will decide on Thursday whether to travel to Tehran as part ​of the mediation effort. Pakistan's interior minister was in ​Tehran on Wednesday.

One of the sources told Reuters: "We're speaking to all the various groups in Iran to streamline communication and so things pick up pace.

"Trump's patience running thin is a concern, but we're working on the pace at which messages are relayed from each side."

Meanwhile, Iran's ISNA news agency said Munir would travel to Tehran on ​Thursday for consultations.

"Believe me, if we don't get the right answers, it goes very quickly. We're all ready to go," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday. Asked how long he would be willing to ​wait, Trump said: "It could be a few days, but it could go very quickly."

However, he also reiterated his determination not to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

"We're in the final stages of Iran. We'll see what happens. Either have a deal or we're going to do some things that are a little bit nasty, but hopefully that won't happen," Trump said.

According to Iranian state-run news agency Nour News, Tehran is reviewing the Trump administration's latest peace proposal.

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the Islamic Republic had received the views of the US side "and are reviewing them".