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‘No offensive role’ for Australia as clock ticks towards first US-Iran talks since war
April 10, 2026
South China Morning Post
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US Vice-President J.D. Vance will travel to Islamabad for the first round of talks on Saturday morning local time with Iran to end the war in the Middle East, according to the White House. The US Secret Service has already arrived in the Pakistani capital to make security arrangements ahead of his visit, which marks the most significant face-to-face, high-level US–Iran contact since 1979.

The American delegation is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Friday local time, with negotiations likely to...
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