President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has canceled a planned trip by U.S. representatives, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials, citing time wasted on traveling and work and describing what he called “infighting” and “confusion” within Iran’s so-called “leadership.”
Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan for talks
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has departed Islamabad, Pakistan, after holding high-level meetings and delivering Tehran’s list of demands for ending the war to Pakistani officials.
- US President Donald Trump later cancelled a planned trip to Pakistan by envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for peace talks with Iran saying it takes too much time and is too expensive.
The White House will say that they want to hear what the Iranians have to say, and if there is something significant, substantial, and moving towards a deal, then JD Vance and also Marco Rubio will be called over to Islamabad to essentially tie up the deal.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said that we have to finish the job with Iran and “Iran may not end until we bankrupt them, just as we did the Soviet Union.”
Iran’s Leaders Try to Show Unity After Trump Mocks Power Struggle in Tehran
Multiple top Iranian regime officials, including missing “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei, issued statements on Thursday and Friday declaring that they are all entirely in agreement with how to move forward on the current crisis with the United States, denying the existence of political dissent.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces have “full freedom of action” in Lebanon despite the announcement of a three-week extension to a ceasefire, which Hezbollah has said is meaningless amid continued Israeli attacks.
- Israeli forces said they killed six Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon as the Lebanese Health Ministry said the number of people killed by Israel’s attacks since March 2has risen to 2,491, with 7,719 injured.