US President Donald Trump has said that Vice President JD Vance, US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are talking with intermediaries in Pakistan.
He was asked by a reporter whether he expected Vance to continue talks with intermediaries in Pakistan, to which Trump replied: “Well, he is, and we have Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner talking. They’re all unified and they’re all talking.“
Asked about the possibility of Vance being part of an in-person meeting, Trump said, “could be.”
Earlier in his speech, Trump warned that all of Iran could be "taken out" Tuesday at the expiry of a deadline he issued for the Islamic republic to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.
"The entire country could be taken out in one night and that night might be tomorrow night," Trump told a news conference on Monday.
He revealed that more than 170 US military aircraft were used in the rescue of the crew of a fighter plane downed in Iran. Trump told reporters at a White House briefing that 21 aircraft were used in the operation to recover the first crew member and another 155 in the second rescue mission. Two transport planes got stuck in sand and had to be blown up, he added.
Also, Trump threatened an unspecified media outlet with jail time if it does not reveal the person who leaked information about a US military pilot who was missing in Iran. "We're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going to say, 'National security. Give it up or go to jail,'" Trump told a news conference.