US negotiators heading to Pakistan Saturday for Iran talks, White House confirms

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Apr 24, 2026 · 106 words · By Josh Christenson

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Politics breaking US negotiators heading to Pakistan Saturday for Iran talks, White House confirms US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan this weekend for additional peace talks with Iran, White House press secretary…

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Pakistani mediators will facilitate “direct talks” on Saturday between the president’s envoys and “representatives from the Iranian delegation,” Leavitt told Fox News’ “America Reports.” “The Iranians reached out — as the president called on them to do — and…

Common ground

“We’re hopeful that it will be a productive conversation, and hopefully move the ball forward towards a deal.”

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Claim 1: “Pakistani mediators will facilitate “direct talks” on Saturday between the president’s envoys and “representatives from the Iranian delegation,” Leavitt told Fox News’ “America Reports.””

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Multiple web search results report that Pakistani mediators will facilitate 'direct talks' on Saturday between the president's envoys and representatives from the Iranian delegation, citing Leavitt's statements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A brief armed conflict between India and Pakistan began on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, in a military campaign codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said that the operati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_India–Pakistan_conflict

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting military and government sites and assassinating several Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Talks, also known as the Islamabad Peace Talks, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 and 12 April 2026. Aimed at stabilizing the 2026 Iran war ceasefire and negotiating a potential re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Talks

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Claim 2: “US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan this weekend for additional peace talks with Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Friday.”

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Multiple web search results cite the same information: that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran. This information is reported across different search snippets attributed to Leavitt's statements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Anselm College is a Benedictine college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Following are some of its notable alumni.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House COVID-19 outbreak was a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections that began in September 2020 and ended in January 2021 that spread among people, including many U.S. government officials, who …
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Claim 3: ““The Iranians reached out — as the president called on them to do — and asked for this in-person conversation,” she added.”

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The claim regarding the Iranian delegation requesting the in-person conversation after the president called on them is only supported by the context of the web search results, which attribute this statement to Leavitt. No other independent sources or authoritative references confirm this specific sequence of events.

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web search NEUTRAL — ^ Nicholas Sims-Williams. EASTERN IRANIAN LANGUAGES. [2011-01-14]. （原始内容存档于2018-12-29）. ^ IRAN. [2011-01-14]. （原始内容存档于2018-12-20）. ^ K. Hoffmann. AVESTAN LANGUAGE I-III. [2011-01-14]. （原始内容存档于20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran Where are the eight Iranian women Trump claimed to save from execution? Despite claims the women were AI-generated, activists say they face real peril after being arrested in crackdown on anti-go…
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iran/

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Iran’s retaliatory attacks on the United Arab Emirates have put the U.A.E.’s large Iranian expatriate community in an uncomfortable position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/middleeast/iran-war…

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