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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Hannah Ellis-Petersen

JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

JD Vance
JD Vance led the US team during 21 hours of failed discussions with Iran earlier in the month. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/AP

JD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad at the head of a US diplomatic delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks in the Pakistani capital as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms.

The US vice-president will travel with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law – though Iran’s president warned there remained a “deep historical mistrust” of the US.

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