ISLAMABAD \u2014 President Donald Trump canceled a trip by two U.S. envoys to Iran war mediator \u200bPakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iran’s foreign minister flew out of Islamabad following talks in the capital.<\/p>\n
Trump said in a social media post that he had called off \u200cthe planned visit by his special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, citing what he said was tremendous confusion within the Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n
“Too much \u2060time wasted on traveling, too much work! Besides which, \u200bthere is tremendous infighting and confusion within their “leadership.” Nobody \u2060knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to \u200ctalk, all they have to \u200cdo is call!!!” he wrote.<\/p>\n
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi earlier left the Pakistani capital without any \u2060sign of a breakthrough in talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif \u2060and other senior officials.<\/p>\n
Araqchi later described his visit to Pakistan as “very fruitful,” adding in a social media post that he had “shared Iran’s position concerning (a) workable framework to permanently end the war on Iran. Have yet to see if the U.S. is truly serious about diplomacy.”<\/p>\n
Iranian media reported that Araqchi had flown to Oman’s capital Muscat, saying he would meet with senior officials to “discuss and exchange views on bilateral relations and regional developments.”<\/p>\n
Tehran has \u200cruled out a new round of direct talks with the United States, and \u200ban Iranian diplomatic source said Tehran would not accept Washington’s “maximalist demands”.<\/p>\n
Iran and US at an impasse<\/p>\n
Washington and Tehran are at an impasse as Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, while the U.S. blocks Iran’s oil exports.<\/p>\n
The conflict, in which a ceasefire is in force, began with U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since carried out strikes against Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states, and the war has pushed up energy prices to multi-year highs, stoking \u200binflation and darkening global growth prospects.<\/p>\n
Araqchi “explained our country’s principled positions regarding the latest developments related to the ceasefire and the complete end of \u200cthe imposed war \u200cagainst Iran,” said a \u2060statement on the minister’s official Telegram account.<\/p>\n
Asked about Tehran’s reservations over U.S. positions in the talks, an Iranian diplomatic source in Islamabad told Reuters: “Principally, Iranian side will not accept maximalist demands.”<\/p>\n
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had said the U.S. had seen some progress from the Iranian side in recent days and hoped more would come over the weekend, while \u200cVice President JD Vance was ready \u200bto travel to Pakistan as well.<\/p>\n
Vance led a first round of \u200cunsuccessful talks with Iran in \u2060Islamabad earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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