This handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 11, 2026 shows US Vice President JD Vance (C) walking with Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (2L) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (2R) after arriving for the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad. - / AFP
US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Islamabad on Saturday, April 11, for talks with Iran that the Pakistani premier hosting the warring sides called a "make or break" effort to permanently halt weeks of fighting in the Middle East.
An Iranian delegation led by parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is also in the city, having arrived overnight at an air base near the capital and disembarked to embrace Pakistan's powerful army chief Asim Munir. Munir, who shares a personal rapport with US President Donald Trump, also greeted Vance, escorting him down a red carpet at the Nur Khan air base, where US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were already waiting.
It was unclear what time the talks would get underway, though Iranian news agencies reported Tehran's delegation was on its way to a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at 1 pm local time.
