See JD Vance in Pakistan for Iran peace talks
Updated April 11, 2026, 2:31 p.m. ET

(L-R) U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting on April 11, 2026 at Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries.
Jacquelyn Martin, Pool Via Getty ImagesPakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with U.S. Vice President JD Vance during their meeting, on the day delegations from the United States and Iran are to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.
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Vice President JD Vance (C) arrives for a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) prior to the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 11, 2026. American and Iranian officials were holding face-to-face talks in Pakistan on April 11, the most significant since the 1979 Islamic revolution as the foes try to end a war that plunged the Middle East into violence and rocked the world economy.
JACQUELYN MARTIN, POOL/AFP Via Getty ImagesU.S. Vice President JD Vance walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Jacquelyn Martin, Via ReutersU.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad Natalie A. Baker and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar look on, after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Jacquelyn Martin, Via ReutersU.S. Vice President JD Vance receives a bouquet of flowers after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Jacquelyn Martin, Via ReutersVice President JD Vance arrives for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026.
Jacquelyn Martin/Pool Photo Via ReutersMembers of the media work as a screen displays news with images of Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and separately with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, at a media centre set up for the coverage of the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.
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