Representatives of the United States will travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, for negotiations with Iran, where they will be on Monday evening. US President Donald Trump announced it on Sunday. At the same time, he again threatened to destroy Iran’s infrastructure if an agreement is not reached. TASR informs about it according to AFP and DPA agencies.
“My representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan. They will be there tomorrow night to conduct negotiations,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social network. In it, he also accused Iran of violating the two-week ceasefire agreed with the US by attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
Trump threatened Iran
The White House chief says he is offering Iran a “very fair and reasonable deal” and he hopes Tehran will accept it. “Because if not, the United States will destroy every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran,” he declared.
Iran’s announcement on Saturday that it is closing the Strait of Hormuz again was described by Trump as strange because, according to him, the strait had already been closed by the American blockade. “They are helping us without knowing it, and they are the ones who are losing $500 million a day by closing the strait,” he added.
Negotiations without results
Trump also spoke about Iran’s violation of the ceasefire in a statement to ABC television, in which he said that he was still confident of reaching an agreement. “It will happen. One way or another. For better or for worse,” he declared, according to Reuters.
In the meantime, ABC News, citing the US ambassador to the UN, reported that Vice President JD Vance will once again lead the US delegation to the talks with Iran in Pakistan.
The United States and Iran held their first high-level talks in Pakistan last weekend on April 11 and 12, but ended with no apparent results. It has raised questions about whether they will be able to agree on an end to the war, which began on February 28 with US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, before the current ceasefire expires next Wednesday.
The Strait of Hormuz as a problem
The opening of the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global oil supplies, remains a significant point of contention. Iran announced its reopening on Friday, but reversed the decision on Saturday after Trump announced that the US would continue its naval blockade of Iranian ports until a peace deal is reached.
On Sunday, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its position that the US blockade of Iranian ports is a violation of the ceasefire. “Furthermore, it amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity because it deliberately imposes collective punishment on the Iranian population,” a ministry spokesman said.
