Trump announces U.S. delegation will arrive in Pakistan on Monday to negotiate with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that a U.S. delegation would arrive in Pakistan on Monday to restart negotiations with Iran, though Vice President J.D. Vance will not be attending. At the same time, he threatened to destroy the country's infrastructure if the talks fail.
Donald Trump posted on the "Truth Social" platform stating that Tehran had violated a ceasefire agreement set to expire in three days, and launched attacks in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, targeting, according to him, a French vessel and a British vessel.
The U.S. president wrote: "We have presented a very fair and reasonable proposal, and I hope they accept it, because if they don’t, the United States will destroy every power plant and every bridge in Iran. No more being nice!"
In his remarks on Sunday regarding Iran’s power plants and bridges, Trump stated: "They’ll come down quickly and easily; and if they don’t accept this agreement, I’ll be honored to do what previous presidents should have done to Iran over the past 47 years." He also declared it was time to end this "Iran killing machine"!
Previously, a U.S. delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance held talks in Islamabad — an unprecedented high-level contact between the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution — but those talks ended in failure on April 12.
It remained unclear on Sunday who would comprise the new U.S. delegation heading to Pakistan, but Donald Trump told reporters from ABC during a phone interview that Vice President J.D. Vance would not be going, citing "security reasons."
Source: rfi
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