{"id":189644,"date":"2026-04-08T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:15:10","slug":"trump-tells-the-post-in-person-iran-talks-will-happen-very-soon-but-reveals-jd-vance-might-stay-away-over-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189644\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells The Post in-person Iran talks will happen \u2018very soon\u2019 \u2014 but reveals JD Vance might stay away over security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump told The Post that he expects <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/world-news\/iran-threatens-to-destroy-ships-that-pass-through-strait-of-hormuz-despite-cease-fire-pact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">peace talks with Iran to happen in Pakistan \u201cvery soon\u201d<\/a> following the Tuesday cease-fire deal \u2014 but that Vice President JD Vance may not attend due to security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has proposed a summit in Islamabad as early as Friday after Trump\u2019s negotiating team, including Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff, worked with that nation\u2019s leaders to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/world-news\/trump-announces-two-week-double-sided-ceasefire-hours-before-iran-deadline-hints-that-deal-is-close-to-finalized\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">negotiate an end to 39 days of fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/us-news\/trump-admin-live-updates-april-6-7-8-9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow The Post\u2019s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump spoke to The Post about direct talks with Iran. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Iranians reacts to a cease-fire deal in Tehran on April 8, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD \u2014maybe\u00a0 JD, I don\u2019t know. There\u2019s a question of safety, security,\u201d Trump said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the in-person talks would happen \u201cvery soon, actually \u2014 it\u2019s going to take place very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/world-news\/trump-declares-iran-cease-fire-deal-could-lead-to-golden-age-of-the-middle-east-boasts-big-money-will-be-made\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accepted Iran\u2019s 10-point counter-proposal<\/a> on ending the conflict as a tentative framework to build a permanent deal, though some of the demands seem very unlikely to be finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Trump launched the war alongside Israel on Feb. 28, with the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/world-news\/iran-threatens-to-destroy-ships-that-pass-through-strait-of-hormuz-despite-cease-fire-pact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">identifying four core objectives<\/a>, including ending Tehran\u2019s nuclear program, destroying its navy, wrecking its ballistic missile production sites and ending its support for proxies.<\/p>\n<p>Iranians burn US and Israeli flags in Tehran on April 8, 2026. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>JD Vance called the cease-fire \u201cfragile.\u201d AP<\/p>\n<p>The cease-fire included an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping after Iran closed the crucial waterway throughout the war.<\/p>\n<p>The final resolution of the conflict is likely to address Iran\u2019s plan to charge tolls for ships and focus on the securing of deeply buried enriched uranium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump told The Post that he expects peace talks with Iran to happen in Pakistan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,14670,72882,11749,9,11,10,62206,87,1069,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-189644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iran-deal","11":"tag-jd-vance","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-operation-epic-fury","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}