{"id":315611,"date":"2026-04-09T00:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315611"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:15:02","slug":"jd-vance-will-lead-u-s-delegation-in-iran-peace-talks-in-pakistan-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/jd-vance-will-lead-u-s-delegation-in-iran-peace-talks-in-pakistan-national\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance will lead U.S. delegation in Iran peace talks in Pakistan &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is dispatching his Iran negotiating team, led by Vice President JD\u00a0Vance, to Pakistan for talks, the White House told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the primary round of negotiations would happen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>With several of Iran\u2019s veteran political leaders killed within the war, Iran\u2019s delegation is predicted to be led by parliament speaker and former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Baqer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N40R0IC&#038;linkedFromStory=true\">Qalibaf<\/a>, with Foreign Minister Abbas\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL6N40R0Y9&#038;linkedFromStory=true\">Araqchi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmation of the talks got here after relief over a truce between the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran\/\">United States and Iran<\/a>\u00a0gave option to alarm that fighting was still raging across the region, as Israel launched its biggest attacks yet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL6N40R0HD&#038;linkedFromStory=true\">on Lebanon<\/a>, and Iran struck Gulf neighbors\u2019 oil facilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" 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class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:16<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Iranian-Canadians react to U.S.-Iran ceasefire<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>World financial markets rose after Trump announced the agreement late on Tuesday, two hours before a deadline he had set for Iran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of its \u201cwhole civilisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But at the same time as Israel and the US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/iran-war-live-trump-announces-two-week-ceasefire-iran-says-talks-begin-soon-2026-04-08\/\">paused their attacks<\/a>\u00a0on Iran, Israel escalated its parallel war with Iran-aligned Hezbollah\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL6N40R0HD&#038;linkedFromStory=true\">in Lebanon<\/a>, launching its heaviest strikes yet, sending huge columns of smoke above Beirut as buildings crumpled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire didn&#8217;t include Hezbollah and that Israel would \u201cproceed to strike them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said Israel had achieved a lot of its objectives within the war with Iran, but still had others to perform. He said that those may very well be reached either through a U.S.\u2013Iran agreement or by resuming the military campaign, stressing that Israel had its \u201cfinger on the trigger\u201d and was prepared to return to fighting at \u201cany moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency cited an unnamed source warning that Iran will withdraw from the ceasefire if attacks on Lebanon proceed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11768674_69d6a50151db2\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11768674\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11768674\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11768674_69d6a50151db2\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Trump backs down on Iran threats again amid temporary ceasefire\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"politics\",\"world\"],\"keywords\":[\"donald-trump\",\"international\",\"iran\",\"iran-ceasefire\",\"iran-u-s\",\"iran-war\",\"israel\",\"israel-u-s\",\"middle-east-war\",\"middle-east\",\"short-clip\",\"strait-of-hormuz\",\"strait-of-hormuz-reopening\",\"trump\",\"trump-iran\",\"trump-strait-of-hormuz\",\"u-s\",\"war\",\"global-national\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"News\/Politics\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Abbas Araghchi\",\"Air Force Two\",\"Barrel (unit)\",\"Beirut\",\"Benchmark (crude oil)\",\"Benjamin Netanyahu\",\"Brent Crude\",\"Ceasefire\",\"Civil defense\",\"Civilian\",\"Donald Trump\",\"Finger\",\"Hezbollah\",\"Iran\",\"Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\",\"Israel\",\"JD Vance\",\"Lebanon\",\"Military campaign\",\"Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf\",\"Pakistan\",\"Parliament\",\"Pete Hegseth\",\"Petroleum\",\"Price of oil\",\"Smoke\",\"Strait of Hormuz\",\"Tasnim News Agency\",\"United States\",\"War\",\"White House\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Trump backs down on Iran threats again amid temporary ceasefire'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/nrhsqob1q4-ga4tv0xf1u\/260407-JACKSON.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:50<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Trump backs down on Iran threats again amid temporary ceasefire<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s civil defense service said 254 people had been killed in Israel\u2019s strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday. The best toll was within the capital Beirut, where Israeli strikes killed 91 people, it said. Residents said among the Israeli strikes had come without the same old warnings for civilians to evacuate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite concerns over the sturdiness of the ceasefire, Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices which had risen by greater than 50 per cent for the reason that war began, was down around 14 per cent on the day, at US$95.20 a barrel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks jumped to close one-month highs, joining a serious global relief rally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is dispatching his Iran negotiating team, led by Vice President JD\u00a0Vance, to Pakistan for talks, the White House told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the primary round of negotiations would happen on Saturday. 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