Watch | US-Iran Ceasefire: First 48 Hours of Negotiations Are Critical

There is still a lot of mistrust which Iran has stated upfront and only after both sides physically sit together inside a room in Islamabad will there be convergence on some critical issues. There will be many detractors wanting to sabotage the talks.The less the media leaks happen in the initial days the greater the chances of positive outcomes. Osama Bin Javaid is a senior journalist who reported the US-Israel war on Iran from Doha. He has extensively covered West Asia in recent years. He spoke to The Wire’s Founding Editor, MK Venu, hours before departing for Islamabad to follow the talks.

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