US-Iran Peace Talks in Islamabad Thrown Into Doubt Over Lebanon and Sanctions Demands

• •The US and Iran are set to hold peace talks in Islamabad to end a six-week-old war, but Iran's preconditions on Lebanon and sanctions have thrown the process into doubt.
• •President Trump declared that Iran's only reason for survival is to negotiate, signaling Washington views Tehran as having no leverage.
• •Fighting persists in Lebanon, with separate Israeli-Lebanese discussions planned to address that front independently from the US-Iran talks.
• •Iran is attempting to broaden the scope of negotiations beyond the bilateral war, linking the Lebanon crisis and sanctions relief to any agreement.
• •The outcome carries major implications for global oil markets, sanctions regimes, and the broader strategic balance in the Middle East.

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