JD Vance is heading to Pakistan to speak with Tehran officials as the war in Iran rumbles on. A Pakistani official told reporters that direct talks on ending the war involving the Vice President could be held in Islamabad as soon as this week, after Mr Vance held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning. The US Vice President, alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and White House official Jared Kushner, is expected to meet Iranian officials in Islamabad this week, following a call between President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir.Iranian media reported that Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks about the impact of the war on regional and global security.
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Tahir Andrabi, a spokesman for Pakistan’s foreign ministry told reporters: “If the parties desire, Islamabad is always willing to host talks. “It has consistently advocated for dialogue and diplomacy to promote peace and stability in the region.”President Trump had told reporters Mr Witkoff and Mr Kushner, who had been negotiating with Iran before the war, had held discussions with a top Iranian official into the evening on Sunday and would continue on Monday.He said: “We have had very, very strong talks. We’ll see where they lead. We have major points of agreement, I would say, almost all points of agreement.”The Israeli military said Iran had launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel overnight, after President Trump postponed the bombing of the Islamic Republic’s power plants and other energy infrastructure because of what he described as productive talks with Iranian officials.The missiles triggered air raid sirens in Israel, including Tel Aviv, where gaping holes were torn through a multi-storey apartment building. It was not immediately clear if the damage was caused by a direct hit or debris from an interception.Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service said they were searching for civilians trapped in one building in Tel Aviv and discovered civilians in a shelter in another damaged building.LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM IRANDonald Trump proposes running Strait of Hormuz jointly with Ayatollah after calling off strikesDonald Trump postpones Iran strikes after ‘very good and productive’ talks with Tehran over ‘complete and total resolution of hostilities’Keir Starmer’s Iran strategy branded an ’embarrassment’ to the nation: ‘We’re not Great Britain, just Britain!’President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday that the US and Iran had held “very good and productive” conversations about a “complete and total resolution of hostilities in the Middle East”.However, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who an Israeli official and two other sources familiar with the matter said was the interlocutor in the talks on the Iranian side, said no negotiations had taken place.He said: “No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped.”Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they were launching fresh attacks on US targets, and described President Trump’s words as “psychological operations” that were “worn out” and having no impact on Tehran’s fight.Overnight, Russia issued a stark warning to Israel, saying the Kremlin would view any spillover of the Iran conflict into the Caspian Sea “extremely negatively.”Israel said last week its military had carried out strikes on the Iranian navy in the Caspian, hitting dozens of targets including missile boats. A military spokesman said Israel had managed to take out Iran’s naval capabilities there.Russia and Iran, which signed a strategic partnership treaty last year, both border the Caspian Sea.On the state of negotiations between Washington and Tehran, Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was observing contradictory statements from both parties.This morning, Tehran has requested an urgent debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council on the fatal air strike on a primary school on the first day of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran.Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini said: “A strike on a functioning school during class hours represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of the entire community.”The attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School consisted of two missile strikes in quick succession that killed 168 children, mostly girls, Iranian officials say.On March 5, it was reported that Washington military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe.
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