White House Sends Team to Pakistan as Iran Balks at Talks

US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the Touska cargo ship, on April 20.Source: US Navy

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By Dan Strumpf, Tooba Khan, Eltaf Najafizada, and Catherine Lucey

April 24, 2026 at 1:08 PM UTC

Updated on

April 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC

President Donald Trump will send envoys to Pakistan with the intention of meeting with Iranian officials, while Tehran sounded a pessimistic tone on the prospects for talks to end the eight-week war roiling the global economy.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to depart Saturday for talks this weekend, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview on Friday.