{"id":30974,"date":"2026-04-07T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30974"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:27:00","slug":"us-vice-president-could-visit-pakistan-for-iran-talks-if-peace-deal-reached-reports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-vice-president-could-visit-pakistan-for-iran-talks-if-peace-deal-reached-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"US Vice President could visit Pakistan for Iran talks if peace deal reached: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">United States (US) Vice President JD Vance could travel to the capital city of Pakistan,\u00a0 Islamabad for in-person talks with Iranian officials if both sides can reach a peace deal, according to reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iranian state news agency\u00a0IRNA\u00a0says Tehran has rejected the US&#8217;s proposal for a ceasefire and is instead pushing for a permanent end to the war.<\/p>\n<p>With hours to go until President Donald Trump&#8217;s deadline for Iran to make a deal, Tehran has proposed terms of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal, reports say, has been communicated through Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>The main demand is a permanent end to the conflict instead of a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>But Tehran is also seeking a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of sanctions, and reconstruction, all part of a ten-point framework.<\/p>\n<p>If a peace deal is agreed upon, reports say it would be in the form of a memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>And will be\u00a0finalised\u00a0electronically via Islamabad. Pakistan has not confirmed these reports but says it remains engaged with both sides<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has emerged as the de-facto intermediary between Washington and Tehran, with Field Marshal\u00a0Asim\u00a0Munir, the country&#8217;s Army Chief playing a key role.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say he&#8217;s in direct contact with top US leaders including Vance and special envoy Steve\u00a0Witkoff\u00a0as well as Iranian Foreign Minister\u00a0Abbas\u00a0Araghchi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">All eyes are now on the US&#8217;s next move and Trump has already said that the initial proposal was just one of the things he&#8217;s been considering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30975,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-30974","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"JD Vance could travel to the capital city of Pakistan","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30976,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30974\/revisions\/30976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}