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JD Vance leads US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad
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JD Vance leads US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad

JD Vance has arrived in Pakistan to hold direct talks with an Iranian delegation — the highest-level US-Iran engagement since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran is negotiating from a position of unexpected strength after seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the scope of any ceasefire remains bitterly contested, with Lebanon's status already causing open contradictions between Washington and Islamabad. Islamabad deployed over 10,000 security personnel to lock down the city for the talks.

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