US Vice President Vance heads to Pakistan for talks with Iran - media

On Friday, US Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pakistan to try to make a deal with Iran to resolve the nuclear dispute and end the war. Meanwhile, officials from Tehran are already in the country where the talks will take place.

This was reported by the Axios and CNN portals.

"This is a very important event for JD Vance. He's going to the Super Bowl," a US official said in a comment to Axios.

According to the publication, this will be the largest high-level interaction between US and Iranian officials since 1979. However, the chances of success seem low. Both sides understand that the risk of failure is the resumption of war, and the countries' views on the world diverge.

"We still have not reached an agreement on the issue we are negotiating about," another US official said.

The talks are expected to begin on Saturday in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The sides will hold direct talks, with Pakistani officials acting as mediators.

Vance will be accompanied by Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The delegation also includes representatives from the National Security Council, the Department of State and the Pentagon.

"We look forward to the talks. I think they will be positive... If the Iranians are ready to negotiate in good faith, we are ready to lend them a helping hand... if they try to manipulate us, they will find that the negotiating team is not so receptive to that," Vance said.

JD Vance also led the US delegation. One reason for this approach was the tension between Trump's envoys and the Iranians after two previous rounds of talks that ended in war.

Iranian officials told the mediators that they believed Witkoff and Kushner had deceived them. But given Vance's status and his skepticism about going to war, the Vice President's involvement could help progress.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, an Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for talks with the United States.