Trending Now - JD Vance Blames Iran's Nuclear Stance for Failed Peace Talks
WHO:
Fox News - Vice President JD Vance, President Trump, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The Guardian - Iranian delegates, including Ghalibaf and Araghchi.
WHAT:
Fox News - JD Vance's negotiations with Iranian officials in Islamabad failed to produce a deal after 21 hours of talks.
The Guardian - Vance stated that the failure was due to Iran's refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
The Guardian - The US military is "setting the conditions" to start clearing the Strait of Hormuz.
The Guardian - The war has resulted in at least 3,000 deaths in Iran, 2,020 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states.
WHERE:
Fox News - Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Guardian - Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway.
WHEN:
The Guardian - The conflict began on February 28th, 2026.
The Guardian - Vance left Islamabad on Sunday morning, April 11th, 2026.
The Guardian - The talks in Islamabad were the first direct US-Iranian meeting in more than a decade.
WHY:
The Guardian - Vance indicated that the core goal of the negotiations was to secure an affirmative commitment from Iran not to seek a nuclear weapon.
The Guardian - Iranian officials claimed that the US needed to do more to gain their trust.
HOW:
The Guardian - Vance spoke with Trump at least half a dozen times during the negotiations.
The Guardian - The Iranian delegation arrived dressed in black in mourning for the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others killed in the war.
(UPDATED April 13, 2026 01:20 UTC)
In a significant diplomatic effort, Vice President JD Vance's negotiations with Iranian officials in Islamabad failed to yield a deal after 21 hours of discussions, primarily due to Iran's refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons program. The conflict, which began February 28th, has already claimed at least 3,000 lives in Iran and thousands more across the region, prompting the US military to prepare for operations to clear the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Vance, who consulted with President Trump multiple times during the talks, departed Islamabad on Sunday, on Saturday, where he met with Iranian delegates dressed in black to mourn the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others lost in the ongoing war.