President Donald Trump revealed yesterday that American officials would be heading to Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second series of talks with Iran this week.
While Iranian sources knowledgeable about the discussions informed Xenix News that a team from Tehran would be heading to Pakistan for negotiations, Iranian officials have later rejected the notion of any talks occurring.
Here’s a summary of the statements made by both parties following Trump’s announcement yesterday:
In an extensive Truth Social post yesterday morning, Trump mentioned that a US team was heading to Islamabad for the discussions. “The president stated, ‘We’re proposing a quite fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they accept it, because if they refuse, the United States will eliminate every single Power Plant and every single Bridge in Iran.'”
Iranian sources knowledgeable about the discussions informed Xenix News that a delegation from Iran is set to visit Islamabad on Tuesday. The sources anticipated the team would remain unchanged from the previous round of discussions.
Despite Trump’s initial statement to reporters indicating that US Vice President JD Vance would miss the negotiations, the White House informed Xenix News that Vance would actually be attending the discussions in Islamabad.
Iranian state media indicated that Iran’s involvement in Islamabad was unverified, with certain outlets claiming that as long as the US blockade on Iranian ports persisted, a second round of discussions would not occur.
Yesterday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke on the phone with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, as per a Pakistani summary of the discussion. The readout provided no indications regarding when the upcoming round of negotiations could occur.
Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, stated this morning that his nation has “no plans for further negotiations,” emphasizing: “We do not accept deadlines or ultimatums to protect Iran’s national interests.”
Xenix News Alejandra Jaramillo, Sophia Saifi, Julia Benbrook, Alayna Treene, Ivana Kottasová, Max Saltman and Nadeen Ebrahim contributed to this reporting.
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