Exclusive | Iran War negotiations will resume this week, Trump tells The Post depsite new attacks on Hormuz

ISLAMABAD — President Trump’s Middle East envoy is headed to Pakistan this week to restart negotiations to end the Iran War, the commander-in-chief told The Post Sunday.“Steve’s going to be going there tomorrow night,” Trump said in a phone call from the White House, confirming that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will land in Islamabad on Monday night ahead of a second round of peace talks.The president added that Jared Kushner — his son-in-law and a veteran of past Middle East dealmaking — will also be involved with the talks scheduled for Tuesday.Vice President JD Vance, who led a previous round of talks, will not make the trip.The new round of negotiations come after Iran opened fire on tankers that tried to cross through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday — after Iranian officials told Trump that the shipping chokepoint had been reopened.When told that officials from Qatar were spotted in Islamabad hoping to receive him should he come to Pakistan’s capital city, Trump didn’t sound surprised — and left the door open to coming to Islamabad if an agreement is reached.“I would say maybe at a little bit later date.We have to see how it works out tomorrow,” he said.Pressed on whether he could show up in Pakistan, Trump made clear he’s not getting ahead of the process — reiterating that he would “probably come at a later date.”The call ended abruptly as the president said he had military brass waiting outside — a reminder of the stakes surrounding the talks.Trump had celebrated what he claimed was a breakthrough on Friday, proclaiming that the “COMPLETELY OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS AND FULL PASSAGE” and that the US will obtain all the “nuclear dust” in Iran. At the same time, he said that the US blockade on Iranian ports would remain in effect for the time being while the two sides worked on finalizing peace efforts.Notably, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had publicly claimed that the Strait of Hormuz, w...