JD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talks

US vice-president flies to Islamabad for negotiations as Iranians insists Israel end its offensive in Lebanon JD Vance has warned Iran not to “try and play” the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran said it would not take part until Israel stopped its bombing of Lebanon. The US vice-president made the comments as he boarded a plane to Pakistan for negotiations that could determine whether a ceasefire holds or the war on Iran resumes with grave implications for the global economy. With hours to go before the talks were scheduled to start, doubts remained as to whether they actually would. Meanwhile, it was announced Friday that Lebanon and Israel had agreed to meet in Washington DC on Tuesday to discuss a ceasefire and to set a date to begin talks. The date of the meeting was set during a phone call between Lebanon’s ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Mouawad; Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yehiel Leiter; and the US ambassador to Lebanon, Michael Issa. The conversation on Tuesday will be mediated by the US and take place at the state department. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and the co-leader of the country’s delegation, sai