Cairo Steps Up: Sisi Urges De-escalation in Call with Pezeshkian as Trump Claims Iran is "Negotiating Seriously"

Egypt has taken a leading diplomatic role in averting a direct clash between Washington and Tehran. In a high-stakes phone call, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that military solutions are "categorically rejected," emphasizing that diplomacy is the only path to regional stability. Sisi revealed he had already discussed this urgent need for a peaceful settlement with Donald Trump during their recent meeting in Davos.

President Trump confirmed to Fox News that Tehran is "talking seriously" to Washington, even as he touted the movement of a "massive armada" toward Iran. Supporting this shift, Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, announced that a "negotiation framework" is currently taking shape behind the scenes, dismissing the media’s war narrative as "artificial." This flurry of activity, including Qatari mediation in Tehran, suggests a high-stakes gamble to secure a deal before military tensions reach a point of no return.