
Sometime on Tuesday, two New York real estate developers will walk into a hotel in Islamabad to try to end a war they helped start.
Trump administration special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff—President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close friend, respectively—are arriving with Vice President JD Vance for a second round of talks with an Iranian delegation that insists it is not coming to the table. Less than 48 hours remain before the ceasefire they brokered two weeks ago runs out, and Trump has said there will be no extension this time.