A policeman stands guard in front of a digital screen displaying news of US–Iran peace talks along a road in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. (Photo: AFP)ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Islamabad on Saturday for talks with Iran that the Pakistani premier hosting the warring sides called a “make or break” effort to permanently halt weeks of fighting in the Middle East. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country’s down-to-the-wire mediation got both sides to the negotiating table this week, said talks would not be easy. Islamabad plays hostIran — which brought a more than 70-member delegation to Pakistan — has insisted on the truce covering Lebanon and on the unfreezing of its assets for the Islamabad talks to go ahead, neither of which has materialised so far. He added his top priority at the Islamabad talks was to ensure the Islamic republic had “no nuclear weapon.

Source: Bangkok Post April 11, 2026 07:00 UTC