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US-Iran officials meet in Islamabad as Tehran outlines terms for talks

As negotiations stretch into the evening hours, they are expected to continue into the night and may be extended through Sunday, a Pakistani source told CNN.

US Vice President JD Vance waves after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.
US VICE President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 202

US to demand freeing of American detainees in Iran as part of Islamabad negotiations - report

A man rides his motorbike past a billboard installed alongside a road as Pakistan prepares to host the US and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 10, 2026.

Vance, Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Pakistan for talks with Iran

(L to R) Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, ran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

IRGC commander, Iranian FM Araghchi clash over negotiating team before US-Iran talks - report


Iran prepares for US talks, offers nuclear guarantees with conditions

According to Araghchi, Tehran last seach initiative is how Iran is preparing for the next round of talks with the US, even as it closely watches US moves.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a statement at the Ritz Hotel as he meets Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, on January 30, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey.

JD Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan is a milestone for peace - analysis

The Trump administration’s push for peace follows the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that stretches back to the 1990s.

US Vice President JD Vance gets out of a car before boarding Air Force Two upon departure for Azerbaijan, at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, February 10, 2026.

Vance signals flexibility on Iran enrichment while keeping negotiation strategy private

US Vice President JD Vance addressed Iran negotiations, saying the president is keeping decisional space while human rights remain a key part of the talks.

US Vice President JD Vance holds a joint press conference with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), in Yerevan, Armenia, February 9, 2026.

Trump, Netanyahu to shape strategy on Iran negotiations and fallback plans

The leaders are set to discuss the current US-Iran talks, as well as the potential for military action.

US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025.

‘Jew hatred is disgusting': JD Vance calls for 'moral clarity' on antisemitism

“I think that there are certain things that we should have the moral clarity to condemn,” he said, before adding, “I think Jew hatred is disgusting.” 

US Vice President JD Vance watches a women's preliminary round ice hockey match between the United States of America and Czech Republic at the Olympics at the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy. February 05, 2026.

Trump cares more about Iran's nuclear weapons than its protesters, Vance says

Vance added that the president had also worked with other nations, some allies of the US and others with more fraught relations, to avoid nuclear proliferation worldwide. 

Women walk past an anti-US mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, February 5, 2026

Tucker Carlson to interview Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee challenged Tucker Carlson to an interview after a spat on social media, where Carlson accused the ambassador of ignoring Christians in Israel.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

What Arab media is expecting from the US-Iran talks in Oman - analysis

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that for talks to actually lead to something meaningful, they will have to include the range of their ballistic missiles.

A woman walks past a deactivated Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran's Bahrestan Square on September 27, 2025, as part of an exhibit to mark the "Sacred Defense Week" commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

Trump declines to take sides between Vance, Rubio in 2028 successor debate

Trump also endorsed a MAGA prosecutor in Georgia against Marjorie Taylor Greene, stepped back from a major media merger fight between Netflix and Warner Bros, and faced Human Rights Watch criticism.

US President Donald Trump (C), Vice President JD Vance (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) pictured in the White House, November 6, 2025; illustrative.

Just say ‘Jew’: JD Vance’s Holocaust post shows why naming Jews and Nazis still matters -editorial

The plain sentence that should have been said is the sentence that must be said now: Six million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany because of antisemitism.

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 22, 2026.