A Trump envoy and Iran’s foreign minister were en route to Switzerland on Saturday as the fragile US-Iran ceasefire came under renewed strain after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed five people and threatened to derail technical talks aimed at turning the Islamabad Memorandum into a lasting truce.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s personal envoy, and Iran’s chief negotiator Abbas Araqchi were scheduled to resume talks in Geneva within 48 hours, Pakistani government sources said, following a last-minute postponement on Friday after Tehran protested continued Israeli violations of the Lebanon ceasefire. The Islamabad Memorandum, brokered by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and hailed as a “historic diplomatic achievement,” now faces its most critical test as both sides scramble to salvage the agreement.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday to meet Iranian leaders and revive the stalled negotiations, while Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz declared that Jerusalem would “respond immediately and with force” to any Iranian attack, underscoring the widening rift between Washington and Jerusalem over the US-led accord. Katz’s remarks came as Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday killed five people, further destabilising the fragile truce and prompting urgent diplomatic interventions.

The White House confirmed that Vice-President JD Vance would not travel to Switzerland as planned, citing unresolved logistical arrangements for the technical talks. Meanwhile, global leaders reacted with cautious optimism to Trump’s interim agreement, with falling oil prices offering economic relief to Pakistan but leaving many sceptical about the durability of the deal. The New York Times noted that while the accord had raised hopes of stabilising the world economy, “it leaves many details for future negotiations, putting the world on edge.”

The crisis has exposed deep divisions: Iran’s leadership withdrew its negotiating team on Friday in protest at Israeli ceasefire violations, while Netanyahu faces mounting pressure at home to reject the US-Iran framework, which many Israelis view as a betrayal of the alliance with Washington. The strained relationship between Trump and Netanyahu, described by German media as “collision course,” risks complicating efforts to enforce the truce and could embolden hardliners on both sides.

With the Strait of Hormuz and regional stability hanging in the balance, the coming days will determine whether the Islamabad Memorandum can survive its first major test—or collapse under the weight of renewed violence and diplomatic recriminations.

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