Vance left hanging in Geneva, Iran walkout
Vance showed up to Iran talks in Geneva. Iran walked out of the photo-op. Pakistan's mediators scrambled to figure out what happened. Then Vance stood there with his hand out and the Qatari minister refused to greet him.
One Trump threat torpedoed months of diplomatic work. Pakistan positioned itself as the indispensable mediator, got the venue, got the parties in the room. Then Trump blew it up and everyone watching saw the confidence physically leave the room.
The most powerful country on earth is having a very bad day in Switzerland.
🇵🇰🇮🇷🇺🇸 The body language from Geneva tells the WHOLE story by itself Araghchi walks in. Shehbaz goes in for the hug, clearly expecting the agreed script to play out. Then Araghchi makes clear Iran isn't doing the photo-op or the opening speeches. And you can watch the confidence physically leave the room. Munir and Shehbaz, 2 men who told Washington everything was arranged, suddenly have to send Mohsin Naqvi scrambling after the Iranian foreign minister to find out what just happened. Then a second briefing. Then their faces doing the thing faces do when a plan falls apart in public. And Vance is standing at the back watching all of it. Shehbaz and Munir walk over and brief him... by all accounts apologetically, and only then do the speeches happen. Pakistan spent months positioning itself as the indispensable mediator for this deal. They got the venue, they got the parties in the room, they got the photo. And one Trump threat, out of the blue, blew it all up. Writer: Oliver https://x.com/shivank_8mishra/status/2068737541088706816/video/1
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