INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 12th APRIL 2026

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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 12th APRIL 2026.

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1.     US-Iran talks begin, but ceasefire remains conditional and mistrust-heavy

The most important international development is the start of the first direct high-level US-Iran talks since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Held in Islamabad under a fragile two-week ceasefire, the talks are being led by US Vice President J D Vance and Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. The event is significant because it marks a shift from direct military confrontation to high-stakes bargaining. The logic is clear: both sides have discovered the limits of warfare. The US wants freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and rollback of Iran’s nuclear capability, while Iran seeks release of frozen assets, wider regional ceasefire conditions including Lebanon, and strategic recognition. The report’s stand is cautious, stressing that direct contact does not equal trust. The gist is that diplomacy has begun not from reconciliation, but from mutual exhaustion and strategic necessity. Any progress will depend on whether each side can convert battlefield leverage into a politically saleable compromise.

2.     India’s medicine dispatch to Iran underlines humanitarian diplomacy amid conflict