WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he expects peace talks with Iran to happen in Pakistan “very soon” following the Tuesday cease-fire deal — but that Vice President JD Vance may not attend due to security concerns.
Pakistan has proposed a summit in Islamabad as early as Friday after Trump’s negotiating team, including Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff, worked with that nation’s leaders to negotiate an end to 39 days of fighting.
“We’ll have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD —maybe JD, I don’t know. There’s a question of safety, security,” Trump said in a phone interview.
Trump said the in-person talks would happen “very soon, actually — it’s going to take place very soon.”
The president on Tuesday accepted Iran’s 10-point counter-proposal on ending the conflict as a tentative framework to build a permanent deal, though some of the demands seem very unlikely to be finalized.
Trump launched the war alongside Israel on Feb. 28, with the White House identifying four core objectives, including ending Tehran’s nuclear program, destroying its navy, wrecking its ballistic missile production sites and ending its support for proxies.
The cease-fire included an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping after Iran closed the crucial waterway throughout the war.
The final resolution of the conflict is likely to address Iran’s plan to charge tolls for ships and focus on the securing of deeply buried enriched uranium.
