Pakistan on Thursday (July 30, 2026) said it was "doing its utmost" to bring the US and Iran back to the negotiating table under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month, amid escalating tensions in the region. "We support dialogue and diplomacy as they are the only viable path forward," Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at his weekly press briefing in Islamabad. Mr. Andrabi said Pakistan was "doing its utmost" to revive negotiations between Washington and Tehran and resolve outstanding issues in the spirit of the Islamabad MoU and the Pakistan-Qatar joint statement of June 22. The MoU between the U.S. and Iran was signed on June 18 following weeks of intensive diplomacy. The United States and Saudi Arabia also carried out joint strikes on Iran-backed paramilitary groups in Iraq in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops and Saudi oil targets.