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

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.”

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…!”