Pakistan hosts talks on ending Iran war
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Pakistan's foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, has said that both Iran and the United States have expressed confidence in his country to facilitate talks on reducing tensions in the Middle East conflict.
Also in the programme: the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is prevented from celebrating a private mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre; and a UN summit moves to protect 40 migratory species. (A handout photo made available by the Pakistani Foreign Offices shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Pakistan's deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, 29 March 2026. CREDIT: PAKISTAN FOREIGN OFFICE/HANDOUT/EPA/Shutterstock)
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.6 | Hello and welcome to News Hour, live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Rebecca Kesby. |
| 0:15.0 | Coming up today, a boost for wildlife conservation. |
| 0:28.2 | Okay. for wildlife conservation. Just some of the 40 species now getting UN protected status. |
| 0:33.7 | We've got more on that in a few minutes. |
| 0:35.8 | But first today, Pakistan has been hosting the first talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey in the continuing efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the U.S. Israeli war with Iran. |
| 0:48.4 | It's understood the intermediaries are communicating messages between the warring sides. |
| 0:53.8 | Not many details are available at this stage on how those talks are progressing. |
| 0:58.6 | But earlier, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohamed Khalabaf, posted on social media pouring scorn on the idea that the US is pursuing talks in good faith, |
| 1:10.3 | accusing the United States of pretending to seek |
| 1:13.0 | a diplomatic solution to the conflict while preparing ground troops for an invasion. |
| 1:18.3 | Iranian civilians have been posting their concerns and experiences on social media. |
| 1:23.4 | Our colleagues at BBC Persian have voiced up some of them. |
| 1:26.7 | Last night, they hit the middle of the street near our house with no specific target. |
| 1:32.0 | No building, no person, nothing. |
| 1:34.6 | Just the middle of the street. |
| 1:36.6 | The asphalt was torn up and a huge crater was created. |
| 1:41.0 | We're slowly starting to learn how to live with war. |
| 1:43.9 | We're going out with the kids, |
| 1:45.8 | open our shops, and we get emotional watching old photos and movies of Iran. The alley next to us |
| 1:51.7 | was attacked, exactly where my mother lives. I tried to call over and over again. By the time I |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.