Trump says he called off Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan for Iran talks

President Trump said that U.S. negotiators are no longer heading to Pakistan on Saturday.An Iranian official had said earlier there isn’t a direct meeting between the U.S. and Iran scheduled to take place. “I’ve told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing’,” Trump said on Fox News. Later, he elaborated on the situation on Truth Social.
“I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work! Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” he wrote. 
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is currently in Pakistan, according to reports. 
“No meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the US,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Bagahei said in a post on X early Saturday morning.
“Iran’s observations would be conveyed to Pakistan,” added Baghaei. The White House has said that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are leaving for Pakistan on Saturday, while Vice-President JD Vance is on standby.
On Friday, Trump said Iran was “making an offer and we’ll have to see.” He was not aware of the details at the time. 

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