Vance, Other US Officials Sit Down For Face-To-Face Talks With Iranian Counterparts In Pakistan

Last Updated:April 11, 2026, 20:38 IST

The three sides were holding the direct talks in person, marking the first direct talks since 2015, when they reached a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme.

The White House said on Saturday that US Vice President JD Vance and other top officials of the American delegation have begun face-to-face negotiations with their Iranian counterparts in Islamabad with the goal of achieving a deal to end the war in West Asia.

This came after Iranian state media reported that three-party talks between the US, Iran and Pakistan had begun in Pakistan after a reduction in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon and other preconditions being met. Key issues include Iran’s enriched uranium, Israel’s military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

A senior White House official said the three sides were holding the direct talks in person, a departure from recent practice where Washington and Tehran held talks only through a mediator while seated in separate rooms. This marked the highest-level US-Iran talks since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the first direct talks since 2015, when they reached a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme.

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