Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to leave for Pakistan today for talks with Iran, the White House said yesterday.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Iranians reached out, “as the president called on them to do,” and requested the in-person conversation.

The White House has “seen some progress” from the Iranians, Leavitt said, though she did not say if the US has received a proposal from Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Pakistan yesterday, with Iranian semi-official state media denying he will speak with the Americans.

The semi-official Iranian media outlet Tasnim news agency reported Araghchi’s trip was “not for negotiations with the Americans but rather to discuss Iran’s considerations about ending the war with the Pakistani side.”

Vice President JD Vance is on stand by to travel to Islamabad if the talks progress, Leavitt said.

(Source: CNN)