TOI correspondent from Washington: US vice-president JD Vance is leading a high-powered delegation for talks with Iran in Islamabad this weekend amid a yawning gulf between Washington and Tehran that is wider than the Strait of Hormuz, which is itself under contention.
The two issues, along with a host of other disagreements, are testing a fragile two-week ceasefire, resulting in a diplomatic stand-off and renewed fighting even before the sit-down in Pakistan, which is hosting the talks amid questions about its own credibility.
