Trump Sparks Fresh Confusion After Iran Denies New Pakistan Peace Talks
Trump said new U.S.-Iran peace talks were still moving toward Islamabad, but Iran publicly denied it would return to the table. The clash matters now because it hit just as markets and governments were already watching for a fresh Strait of Hormuz escalation.
Reuters reported that Iranian state media said Tehran had rejected new talks over the U.S. blockade, threatening rhetoric and what it described as Washington’s shifting positions. Trump, meanwhile, said his envoys would arrive in Pakistan ahead of the ceasefire deadline.
Pakistan was still preparing. Reuters reported that U.S. cargo planes carrying security equipment landed near Islamabad, traffic was restricted, and security tightened around the hotel that hosted the previous round.
But the public record was already muddy. Reuters said a White House official identified Vice President JD Vance as part of the delegation, while Trump separately told ABC News and MS Now that Vance would not go.
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That is why this latest Iran episode is drawing extra scrutiny. Reuters has already reported other Trump claims being contradicted by government officials or state authorities, including Gabbard’s assessment that Iran was not building a nuclear warhead and South African officials’ rejection of Trump’s claims about a “white genocide.”
The immediate stakes are practical as much as political. Reuters said Brent crude jumped about 7% in early Asian trading as traders reacted to mixed signals over the war and the waterway that handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
What happens next is whether Tehran formally stays out, whether Washington sends a team anyway, and whether Pakistan’s mediation effort survives another round of public contradictions.
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