Trump announces when face-to-face talks with Iran begin but reveals 'security issue' and key official at risk of not attending
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that face-to-face talks with Iran will take place “very soon”, reports The New York Post, according to Reuters.
In an interview with the US newspaper, Trump said that Vice President JD Vance might not attend the talks for security reasons.
The White House leader told The Post that peace talks with Iran are expected to take place in Pakistan “very soon” following the ceasefire agreement reached overnight, but revealed there was a chance his vice president would not attend.
Pakistan proposed holding a summit in Islamabad as early as Friday after Trump's negotiating team, which includes Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff, worked with the country's leaders to negotiate an end to the 39-day fighting.
“We're going to have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD (Vance, no) — maybe JD, I don't know. There's a safety and security issue,” Trump said in a telephone interview.
Trump added that “actually” face-to-face talks will take place “very soon — very soon.”
On Tuesday night, the US president accepted Iran's 10-point counter-proposal on ending the conflict as an interim framework for building a permanent deal, although some of the demands appear highly unlikely to be finalised.
Trump launched the war with Israel on February 28, with the White House identifying four main goals, including ending Tehran's nuclear program, destroying its navy, destroying ballistic missile production sites and ending support for Iran-aligned Middle Eastern militant groups.
The truce includes an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping after Iran effectively blocked the crucial waterway throughout the war.
The final settlement of the conflict will likely address Iran's plan to charge passage fees for ships and focus on securing Iran's deeply-buried enriched uranium, The Post notes.
Trump: The US will work closely with Iran
Earlier on Wednesday, Trump announced, after agreeing to the two-week truce, that the United States would work closely with Iran, including to remove all buried nuclear “dust.”
“The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has undergone a very productive Regime Change! There will be no uranium enrichment, and the United States, in cooperation with Iran, will dig up and remove all deeply buried Nuclear (B-2 bomber) 'Dust'. This is currently and has been under very strict satellite surveillance (Space Force!). Nothing has been touched since the date of the attack. We are discussing and will discuss with Iran an improvement in Tariffs and Sanctions. Many of the 15 points have already been agreed upon,” wrote the American president, who ended his first message with the formula “thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
But in a separate message published just minutes after that, Trump warned that “any country supplying military weapons to Iran will be subject to an immediate 50% tariff on all goods sold to the United States of America, effective immediately.”
“There will be no exclusions or exceptions!” the White House leader emphasized.
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2026 – US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, on April 6, 2026. Trump said on Monday that Iran could be “taken out” overnight, and that that night “could” be Tuesday night, Trump's deadline for Iran to strike a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
