White House says in-person talks with Iran ‘ongoing’

White House says in-person talks with Iran ‘ongoing’ A senior White House official said in a brief statement on Saturday that face-to-face talks with Iran and Pakistan are “ongoing” in Islamabad late into the evening. Iranian state media reported earlier that two rounds of talks had taken place and a third was expected in the evening. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during their meeting amid the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on 11April 2026 (Jacquelyn Martin/AFP)

A senior White House official said in a brief statement on Saturday that face-to-face talks with Iran and Pakistan are “ongoing” in Islamabad late into the evening.

Iranian state media reported earlier that two rounds of talks had taken place and a third was expected in the evening.