Iran ‘Free to Call’ Washington for Peace Talks, Trump Says

‘We have all the cards,’ the president said, after planned negotiations in Pakistan, involving his son-in-law Jared Kuchner, were halted over the weekend.
Iran ‘Free to Call’ Washington for Peace Talks, Trump Says
Vehicles and motorbikes drives along a street adorned with the Iranian flag in Tehran on April 21 2026, amid a ceasefire in the region. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran is free to call Washington whenever its leaders wish to negotiate ​an end to the ​war between the two countries, after he ‌canceled ⁠planned talks in Pakistan.

Negotiations were due to be undertaken by Trump’s envoys, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas ​Araghchi departed Islamabad after ​speaking ⁠only to Pakistani officials.

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