U.S. Sends Representatives to Islamabad as Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Persists Despite Ceasefire
- Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, the White House announced.
- Iran's foreign minister arrived in Pakistan's capital on Friday to meet with Pakistani officials ahead of the U.S.
- The United States said it is ready to hear a plan for peace from Iranian officials through Pakistani intermediaries.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, the White House announced.
Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan’s capital on Friday to meet with Pakistani officials ahead of the U.S. Delegation’s arrival.
The United States said it is ready to hear a plan for peace from Iranian officials through Pakistani intermediaries.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran still has time to “choose wisely,” but warned that if Tehran does not make a deal with the U.S., its economy will “collapse under the unrelenting pressure” of a U.S. Naval blockade that will remain in place for “as long as it takes.”
Israel launched new airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday despite a ceasefire extension announced by President Trump.
A prominent Hezbollah lawmaker said the Iranian-backed group “firmly rejects” the three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire that President Trump announced on Thursday.