Vance Trip for Iran Peace Talks Delayed, Summoned to White House

The two week ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran is about to end, but it’s still not clear if Iranian officials will come to Islamabad to talk

The Pakistani information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said as of 7:30 p. m. Pakistani time (10:30 a.

m. U. S.

Eastern time), a “formal response from [the] Iranian side about confirmation of delegation to attend Islamabad Peace Talks is still awaited. ”

However, Tarar did say Pakistani mediators were in “constant touch” with the Iranians and emphasized the talks were “critical. ”

However, Tarar did say Pakistani mediators were in “constant touch” with the Iranians and emphasized the talks were “critical.”

In a bad sign for negotiations, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized Trump and the negotiations in a post on X, writing, “The level of understanding and comprehension of the requesters from Iran regarding their presence in Islamabad is even lower than Trump’s level of understanding and comprehension…! ”

U. S. Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker, who heads up the U.

S. Embassy in Islamabad, met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday to discuss diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war, which Pakistan has spearheaded for weeks.