Iran, US peace talks under way

Both CBS and Reuters are reporting that peace talks between the US and Iran have now begun in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting the same thing, reports The Guardian.

It is the first direct talks between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The three-way talks are between US officials JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Iran’s Mohammad Ghalibaf and Abbas Araghchi and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir.

US Vice President J D Vance leads the US delegation. He met Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif ahead of ceasefire negotiations. Iranian officials, including parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, also met Sharif.