The TOI correspondent from Washington: Prospects of a second round of talks between the United States and Iran hangs in suspense amid a fog of mistrust and misinformation after Teheran conveyed to Washington it is not ready to turn up in Islamabad in the face of what it sees as American provocation in the Persian Gulf.
The message, relayed through Pakistan and Iranian official media, has stopped US vice president JD Vance’s second trip to Islamabad in a week dead in its tracks even though President Trump projected the visit and even the outcome as a done deal in a clear attempt to pressure Iran with a mix of coercion and cajoling. Vance was yet to emplane for Pakistan at the time of writing this report.
