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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T09:05:18.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nUS Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials.\n\nHe led a US delegation in Islamabad ahead of talks aimed at cementing a ‘fragile’ ceasefire.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt will be the first such meeting since the war began more than a month ago.\n\nThe Pakistan-brokered ceasefire is hanging by a thread as Israel and Hezbollah militants continue to trade blows along the border of southern Lebanon.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe US delegation also includes President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.\n\nThey were met with a guard of honour on Saturday morning.\n\nIran’s delegation, led by wartime leader Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, swooped in via two separate aircrafts on Friday.\n\nThe delegation also included foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, a veteran nuclear negotiator and Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of the Iranian defence council.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe 14-day ceasefire agreed by the US and Iran this week is what the talks will be centred upon amid suggestions it has been undermined by Israel’s continued strikes with Hezbollah.\n\nIran’s refusal to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz has also been a major point of contention.\n\nGhalibaf has insisted Tehran would only participate if Israel agreed to end its assault on Hezbollah and the US agreed to unfreeze Iranian assets held overseas.\n\nLate on Friday, Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held a call which was overseen by US officials.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Vladimir Putin's mercenaries could seek ASYLUM in Britain if ships are seized in Channel\n  * Artemis II makes triumphant return to Earth after record-breaking mission to the Moon\n  * Keir Starmer on verge of Chagos Islands U-turn as he delays decision to give up UK sovereignty\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe two countries subsequently agreed to hold talks in Washington to discuss a ceasefire, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said.\n\nSuch a move would be the first direct talks between the two countries in more than four decades.\n\nThe US and Iran remain hugely sceptical about each other’s aims with huge hurdles to overcome in the Islamabad talks.\n\nMr Trump said in a Truth Social post that the Iranians “don’t seem to realise they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways”.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe added: “The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!”\n\nMr Vance appeared more positive as he departed for the Middle East, indicating a willingness to negotiate in good faith.\n\n“We’re certainly willing to extend the open hand”, he said.\n\nHe also warned that “if they’re going to try and play us, then they’re going to find the negotiation team is not that receptive”.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Vice President becomes the highest-ranking US official to hold negotiations with Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.\n\nHe wants a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme on top of a full reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.\n\nGhalibaf, considered a pragmatic negotiator, will also be the highest-ranking Iranian to hold talks with US counterparts in decades.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "JD Vance arrives in Pakistan for ‘make or break’ peace talks with Iran as ceasefire hangs by a thread"
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