Witkoff, Kushner Heading to Pakistan for Iran Talks
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there has been progress from Iran in recent days.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) delivers a press conference flanked by businessman Jared Kushner upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Jan. 6, 2026. Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are heading to Pakistan on April 25, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Leavitt confirmed the move on Fox News on April 24, saying the Iranians requested the meeting as there has been a ceasefire between the United States and Iran during a kinetic conflict between the two sides.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
