U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly told his JD Vance to find a way out of the war against Iran as the Vice President prepares to fly out to Pakistan for crucial peace talks.
Vance, who has long been skeptical of foreign military interventions and outspoken about the prospect of sending troops into open-ended conflicts, will set off today, April 10, to lead mediated talks with Iran in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
The vice president’s visit to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad comes as a tenuous, temporary ceasefire appears to be collapsing.
Mr. Vance will be joined by Mr. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who took part in three rounds of indirect talks with Iranian negotiators aimed at settling U.S. concerns about Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic weapons programs and its support for armed proxy groups in the West Asia before Mr. Trump and Israel launched the February 28 war against Iran.
Iran, meanwhile, has already sent its delegation over, which is being led by foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Trump accused Iran of reneging on its promise to open the Strait of Hormuz, writing on Truth Social yesterday: ‘That is not the agreement we have!’