White House Sends Team to Pakistan as Iran Balks at Talks

President Donald Trump will send two envoys to Pakistan with the intention of talking with Iranian officials, while Tehran sounded a more pessimistic tone on the prospects of further negotiations.  Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to participate in talks this weekend, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview on Friday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is also set to be in Pakistan but hasn’t publicly agreed to sit down with Trump’s representatives. No talks are slated to take place between US and Iranian officials during the foreign minister’s trip, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported earlier. (Source: Bloomberg)