Trump's Iran Talks in Pakistan: Pressure Mounts

0:00On April 24, Vice President JD Vance got benched after those first Iran peace talks fell apart without a deal. Now President Trump is sending Jared Kushner and Steve Wickoff to Pakistan for round two, starting Saturday morning. White House folks say Vance is on standby, while the envoys hear out Iran's side directly. Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Arakchi, landed in Islamabad with a small team to push their proposals through a Pakistani go-between. Iran has been hustling to restart the ceasefire chats amid the regional mess. Arakchi plan stops in Muska and Moscow, next to keep the talks rolling. Tensions are sky high over the strait of Hormuz, where U.S. forces got orders to take out Iranian boats. That standoff has shut down almost all oil exports through there, think 20% of the world supply in normal times. Iran's leaders are pushing back unified, no splits between hardliners or moderates. Trump scored a side win, too, extending the Israel-Hezbala ceasefire by three weeks after

1:00White House talks with Lebanon. But on Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hakeset announced, Friday, they're sending a second aircraft carrier to tighten the naval blockade. Every ship in or out of Iranian ports gets stopped. Nothing moves. With Iran's top leadership still shaky since a supreme leader Ali Kaminay's death on February 28, these Pakistan talks could shift the whole. Like, Trump's team stays locked in, betting the pressure forces Iran's hands soon.