Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025. (photo credit: IRAN’S PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) via TJP
Pakistan on Sunday said Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the Iran crisis.
Pakistan, on Sunday, condemned the strikes ordered on its neighbor Iran by Donald Trump, a day after Islamabad had said it would nominate the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize.
It said, Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the Iran crisis.
“The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Also on Sunday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telephoned Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and “conveyed Pakistan’s condemnation of the US attacks,” a statement from the Pakistani leader said.
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According to Jerusalem Post, Pakistan’s information minister and the foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment on the apparent contradiction in the country’s positions over the weekend.
In Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, thousands marched in protest against the US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
A large American flag with a picture of Trump on it was placed on the road for demonstrators to walk over.
The protesters shouted out chants against America, Israel and Pakistan’s regional enemy India.
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Pakistan on Saturday said it was nominating Trump as “a genuine peacemaker” for his role in bringing a four-day conflict with India to an end last month. It said he had “demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship”. – TJP
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