Vance, Witkoff, Kushner to lead Iran negotiations: WH

"We look forward to those in-person meetings," she added.

By Ben Whedon

Published: April 8, 2026 2:12pm

Vice President JD Vance will lead the U.S. delegation to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran over the weekend, the White House confirmed on Wednesday.

"I can announce that [the president] is dispatching his negotiating team, led by the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, Special Envoy Witkoff, and Mr. [Jared] Kushner to Islamabad for talks this weekend," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday.

"We look forward to those in-person meetings," she added. The talks are slated to begin on Saturday morning.

Complicated negotiations, however, is the Iranian threat to end the ceasefire if the U.S. did not force Israel to stop fighting in Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday said that "[t]he Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both."

The U.S. has denied that the terms of the ceasefire include Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah are engaged in fierce fighting.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.