The United States and Iran have failed to reach an agreement to end their war, despite lengthy negotiations that concluded on Sunday in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, thus jeopardizing a fragile fourteen-day ceasefire. Each side has blamed the other for the failure of these talks. Both delegations were high-level.
The Iranian delegation was led by the Parliament President, Mohammad Ghalibaf, and included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghtchi. On the U.S. side, it was led by Vice President J. D. Vance and included Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
J. D. Vance described the twenty-one hours of negotiations with the Iranian delegation as “substantial,” conducted under the auspices of Pakistan. “This is the good news,” he continued. “The bad news is that we did not reach an agreement, and I think it is much worse for Iran than for the United States. So we are back to the situation where the United States did not reach an agreement.”
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