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Trump Dispatches Iran Delegation to Pakistan, Skips Rubio

4/25/2026

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Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump will send a delegation to Iran negotiations in Pakistan this weekend without Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Marco Rubio has stayed in Washington, missing the recent U.S. Iran meeting and sessions in Geneva and Doha, and has not joined delegations on Ukraine or Gaza.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made eleven foreign trips from January to April 2024, visiting roughly three dozen cities.

History

Historical Context

Secret U.S.–Iran talks in Oman in 2013 produced the Joint Plan of Action signed on 24 November 2013, which froze key nuclear work and began implementation on 20 January 2014. That interim deal paved the way for the July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, limiting Iran to 5,060 IR-1 centrifuges and a 300 kg uranium stockpile. Today Trump’s Pakistan-routed delegation echoes the same unconventional outreach.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump will send a delegation to Iran negotiations in Pakistan this weekend without Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Marco Rubio has stayed in Washington, missing the recent U.S. Iran meeting and sessions in Geneva and Doha, and has not joined delegations on Ukraine or Gaza.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made eleven foreign trips from January to April 2024, visiting roughly three dozen cities.

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