Vice president JD Vance flies to Pakistan for talks with Iran

The vice president’s visit to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad comes as a tenuous, temporary ceasefire appears to be on the precipice of collapsing.

Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

US vice president JD Vance will depart on Friday to lead mediated talks with Iran after Donald Trump tasked him with finding a resolution to the conflict.

Mr Vance, the member of Mr Trump’s inner circle who has seemed to be the most reluctant defender of the conflict, has long been sceptical of foreign military interventions and outspoken about the prospect of sending troops into open-ended war.