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Vance to travel to Islamabad, Iranian delegation gets reported approval from supreme leader
- On Tuesday, Vice President Vance is expected to depart for Islamabad, Pakistan, for potential peace talks after the White House received confirmation from Tehran that an Iranian delegation would participate.
- After receiving approval from Iran's supreme leader, an Iranian delegation led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf confirmed its attendance at the summit.
- Joining Vance are special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while mediators from Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey urged the Iranian team to participate in the talks.
- The Iranian team initially hesitated due to IRGC pressure to demand an end to the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, according to sources cited by Axios.
- President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Vance was already en route to Pakistan, though conflicting sources suggested the vice president remained in the U.S.
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U.S. Vice President Jay Dee Vance will travel to Islamabad in the morning, where he will take part in urgent peace talks with Iranian representatives. The meeting was jeopardized due to internal contradictions among the Iranian leadership.
Vance to travel to Islamabad, Iranian delegation gets reported approval from supreme leader
According to a source with knowledge, cited by Axios, the Iranian negotiating team hesitated under pressure from the IRGC to take a stronger line and refuse talks without an end to the US blockade.
Vance, Kushner, and Witkoff will meet with Iranian representatives despite IRGC resistance. US Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Islamabad this morning to participate in emergency peace talks with Iranian representatives. The talks were in danger of collapsing due to internal conflicts within Iran's leadership, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Axios. Read also: Iran still "has teeth," storing thousands of missiles in silos, US intelligenc…
Vance Heads to Islamabad
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Vice President J.D. Vance and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to lead a US delegation headed to Islamabad this week as the ceasefire is scheduled to expire Wednesday. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said Tehran did not have plans yet to attend any talks with the United States, but he did not rule it out. Pakistan has intensified diplomatic contacts since Sunday with Washington and Tehran t…
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