US delegation leaves Pakistan after no breakthrough in Iran talks

The latest round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan’s capital ended without a deal. According to US media reports, the American delegation led by Vice President JD Vance departed Islamabad in the morning, while Tehran said the negotiations had taken place in an atmosphere of distrust and suspicion.

US delegation departs Islamabad

US media reported that the American delegation led by Vice President JD Vance left Pakistan at around 7 a.m. local time.

Vance was accompanied by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law and former senior adviser Jared Kushner. The delegation was reported to have departed aboard Air Force 2.

Iran points to mistrust

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei also commented to Iranian media on the indirect US-Iran talks held in Islamabad.

Baghaei said the negotiations were conducted in an atmosphere of mistrust toward the United States.

“These talks were held after a 40-day war and in an atmosphere marked not only by mistrust, but also by doubt and suspicion. For that reason, it is natural that an agreement was not reached in a single meeting. No one had such an expectation from the start,” he said.

Hormuz Strait and regional issues added to difficulties

Baghaei also said that another reason no agreement was reached was the inclusion of issues related to the Strait of Hormuz and broader regional matters in the negotiations.

He said those topics, which carry their own specific difficulties, made the talks more complicated.

“This made the negotiations more complex,” Baghaei said.

First round ends without agreement

The indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Islamabad ended without a breakthrough.

The departure of the US delegation and the statements from the Iranian side confirmed that the first round of contacts did not produce an agreement.