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Iranian delegation has departed for Pakistan yet - state TV
Iranian
state TV is reporting that no Iranian delegation has yet departed for Pakistan
to attend peace talks with the US. It is not clear yet if they will attend the
talks today despite pressure from mediators to do so.
The
country’s state broadcaster wrote in a post on Telegram that “no delegation
from Iran has travelled to Islamabad, neither a primary nor a secondary,
neither initial nor follow-up.”
Axios,
meanwhile, is reporting that the US vice-president JD Vance is due to leave for
Islamabad by Tuesday morning for talks with Iran, a day before the ceasefire
expires.
Steve
Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy who often acts like a de facto secretary
of state, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and adviser, are also
expected to travel to the Pakistani capital for the talks.
Iran has
been stalling because of possible pressure from the Revolutionary Guards on the
negotiators to adopt a firmer line and insist there cannot be diplomacy while
the US is blockading the strait of Hormuz, according to the Axios report.
Iran
holds a deep mistrust of the US as it has been attacked before during previous
negotiations.
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