Revision History

Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Islamabad to lead U.S. negotiations with Iran, the most senior direct diplomatic engagement between the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan on April 8 is already strained by disputes over the Strait of Hormuz, Israel's continued operations in Lebanon, and deep factional divisions inside Tehran — all while a war that has killed over 5,000 people, displaced millions, and sent oil prices above $114 a barrel enters its seventh week.