Derry Buskaran

More than half of the people NPR interviewed at a train station near the Turkey-Iran border told us they participated in widespread anti-government protests in January.

But now, many say they feel numb.

A woman saying she's given up on everything.

She asked us not to share her name due to the risk of arrest when she returns to Iran.

Some people supported the war, another woman said.

But no one likes a war.

Now we see the regime has survived.

And if there is peace, they're going to exist in a new form.

A form she thinks will be worse for the Iranian people.

For NPR News, I'm Derry Buskaran.

In Van, Turkey.

Despite extensive security preparations in Islamabad, Iran's state media reported today that no delegations from Iran

have traveled to the city ahead of a ceasefire deadline.

They've issued an on-screen alert displaying the message, no delegation from Iran has visited Islamabad so far.

U.S.

Vice President J.D.

Vance is expected to lead the U.S.

delegation to the talks.

Iran has not said who they could send.

President Trump told reporters a renewal of the ceasefire is, quote, highly unlikely.