Donald Trump Sends Vance, Kushner to Islamabad for Iran Talks

Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that a high-level American negotiating team, including Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, is en route to Pakistan to initiate critical negotiations with the Iranian leadership. 

In an interview with Media, Trump made it clear that the objective of the mission is not merely a regional truce but the complete dismantling of Iran's nuclear capabilities.

On the US team going to Pakistan, he said, "They're heading over now...They'll be there tonight, [Islamabad] time."Trump told the New York Post that the talks rest on one non-negotiable demand-- Iran to give up on its nuclear pursuits. "Get rid of their nuclear



weapons. That's all very simple," he said. 

"There will be no nuclear weapon." While Trump expressed a willingness to meet directly with senior Iranian leaders should a breakthrough occur, he warned that the alternative to a deal would be catastrophic. When pressed on the consequences of a collapse in negotiations, he was blunt, "Well, I don't want to get into that with you. 

You can imagine. It wouldn't be pretty."The diplomatic mission faces immediate hurdles. Earlier Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry, via the Tasnim News Agency, stated it currently has "no plans" for a second round of negotiations, citing US "bad faith" and the recent maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.