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BLUF (TL;DR) | Trump rejected Pakistan’s request to lift the naval blockade as a precondition for talks, keeping the IRGC’s primary tool for blocking Iran’s diplomatic faction intact. On the same morning, Trump publicly called for regime change in Iran. The IRGC responded by calling the Islamabad process “the American theater.” The U.S. delegation’s departure is unconfirmed. The ceasefire expires midnight April 22.
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General Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and architect of the Islamabad mediation process, called Trump directly and told him the U.S. naval blockade was an obstacle to negotiations.
Trump rejected the request to lift it as a precondition for talks.
The blockade is the instrument the IRGC-aligned hardline faction inside Iran is using to justify blocking the diplomatic faction from attending round two.
Trump was told this directly by the one mediator with the deepest knowledge of the internal Iranian dynamic. He kept the blockade in place anyway.
Trump’s cited Iran losing $500 million per day under the naval quarantine of Iranian shipping as leverage that will force Tehran’s hand.
Trump has stated that Vice President J.D. Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and presidential advisor Jared Kushner are en route to Islamabad.
Reuters citing a source familiar with the matter reported Monday that Vance has not yet departed.
No independent flight tracking or on-ground confirmation has emerged. The delegation’s status remains unconfirmed.
Whether this was deliberate maximum pressure strategy or a failure to understand the internal Iranian dynamic is an open question.
The ceasefire expires at midnight on April 22.
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On Monday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke in Parliament about the investigation into former United States ambassador, Peter Mandelson.
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Timmy, a humpback whale, first became stuck off Germany’s Baltic coast in late March. The animal’s plight has since gripped the public and raised questions about whether humans should intervene to save wild animals. While a rescue mission funded by two German millionaires is underway, marine biologists warn the whale has no chance of survival and are urging the public to reflect on humanity’s role in the degradation of marine habitats. FRANCE 24’s Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe takes a closer look.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Israeli soldier seen destroying a statue of Jesus in Lebanon in a viral photo taken amid Israel’s ceasefire with Lebanon during the U.S.-led war with Iran.
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President Trump’s tough on crime policies have led to a DRASTIC decrease in crime in our nation’s capital. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/yyE44aD4OQ
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