Threats & A Deal On Table: Trump Says US Team Headed To Pakistan For Second Round Of Iran Talks

2 min readUpdated: Apr 19, 2026 07:33 PM IST

US President Donald Trump has announced that American negotiators will be in Pakistan on Monday for talks with Iran, two days before the end of the earlier agreed upon ceasefire.

The US delegation will consist of Vice-President J D Vance, envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and special envoy for peace, Jared Kushner, news agency Reuters reported citing a White House official.

In a Truth Social post laced with threats and an offer, the US President claimed that Iran violated the ceasefire agreement by firing bullets Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz. He threatened to “destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran if it doesn’t take the deal that the US is offering.

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“We’re offering very fair and reasonable deal, and I hope they take it because if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,” Trump wrote, adding, “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!”

There was no immediate comment from Iran.

However, earlier in the day, Tehran said that it is not yet ready to hold the next round of in-person talks with US officials. A senior Iranian official blamed Washington’s unwillingness to move away from “maximalist” demands on key issues.

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