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Double-dealing Pakistan is the danger looming over critical US-Iran talks

President Donald Trump’s two-week cease-fire with Iran is a huge gamble — and allowing Pakistan to act as the go-between only raises the stakes.

Pakistan, after all, is the nation where Osama bin Laden found refuge for a decade after the 9/11 massacres.

It’s where the Taliban enjoyed sanctuary for 20 years while continuing to kill US and NATO troops on its way back to power in Afghanistan.

And today, Pakistan serves as China’s regional agent.

Tehran, with Islamabad’s help, has offered a 10-point plan as a baseline for negotiations.

But it’s a bad deal that the US shouldn’t take seriously.

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Iran isn’t offering concessions on its ballistic missile program, or pledging to unwind its web of terror proxies across the region.

There’s no commitment to dismantle militias, halt weapons transfers or roll back threats to US forces and allies.

Instead, Tehran is demanding sweeping sanctions relief, an economic lifeline that would pour billions back into regime coffers.

On the most critical issue, nuclear enrichment, Tehran demands the right to enrich uranium as it pleases, with no set limits on how far it can go.

That’s an obvious non-starter, preserving Iran’s potential path to a nuclear weapon.

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