Vice President J.D. Vance has indefinitely canceled his trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, according to a White House official, citing President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire extension and call for a unified proposal from the Iranians.

ISLAMABAD — Major hotels are sold out for reservations this week and some transportation and other services have shut down in and near Pakistan’s capital city on Sunday, as the world waits in hope for a successful second round of peace talks between Iran and the US to take place.

US VP Vance and Iran's Ghalibaf arrive in Islamabad for peace talks. Diplomatic meeting with Iran by April 30 at 15.4% YES.

Regional mediators, led by Pakistan, are racing to try to convince Iran to join talks with the U.S. in Islamabad this week, after Tehran said it won’t send its delegation before the blockade on its ports is lifted.

The U.S. and Iran are set to engage in new ceasefire talks in Islamabad as a two-week truce nears its expiration. Both sides express readiness for renewed conflict if negotiations fail.

According to a source with knowledge, cited by Axios, the Iranian negotiating team hesitated under pressure from the IRGC to take a stronger line and refuse talks without an end to the US blockade.

Amid intense anticipation over a second round of US–Iran peace talks in Islamabad, Iranian media has asserted that no delegation from Iran has arrived in Pakistan so far. The message is seen as reflecting ongoing internal deliberations within Iran’s theocratic establishment over how to respond to the recent US Navy seizure of an Iranian container vessel.

The Nasdaq 100 has rallied slightly during the early hours here on Tuesday, but at the end of the day I think we’re probably somewhat in a form of stasis here as we’re waiting to find out what’s going on in Islamabad and whether or not those talks provide some type of fruitful resolution between the United States and the Iranians.

ISLAMABAD — Vice President JD Vance has a new base of fans — in Pakistan. Since swooping in to Islamabad to head peace talks with Tehran last weekend, Vance has been “spotted” at local restaurants, bazaars,

Iran denies sending negotiators to Islamabad, contradicting US expectations. Iranian media mocks US VP JD Vance with a viral meme, highlighting tensions in US-Iran relations.