Juana Summers

She also spent time as a foreign service officer in Pakistan.

I started by asking her how Pakistan managed to bring Iran and the U.S.

to the negotiating table.

What do you think that Pakistan is looking to gain here?

U.S.

Vice President J.D.

Vance will be attending the talks in Islamabad.

If you could advise him on one thing to keep in mind, what would it be?

Pakistan's Shia population was outraged by the killing of the Iranian Supreme Leader at the beginning of the war, and he was a revered figure in the wider Shia community.

Do you think there will be heightened security for the U.S.

delegation?

We've been speaking with Elizabeth Threlkeld.

She's a senior fellow and director of the South Asia program at the Stemson Center.

Thank you.

This episode was produced by Jeffrey Pierre and Tyler Bartlum.

It was edited by Tenbeat Hermes.

Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan.

It's Consider This from NPR.

I'm Juana Summers.

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