ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 26, 2026 (AP) – Donald Trump said Saturday there was “tremendous infighting and confusion” within Iran’s leadership as he canceled a planned visit by US envoys to Pakistan, adding that Tehran had improved a proposal to resolve the conflict “but not enough.”

Speaking before departing Florida, Trump said the revised offer fell short of US expectations, reinforcing his decision to call off the Islamabad trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

In a Truth Social post, he added: “Nobody knows who is in charge, including them… If they want to talk, all they have to do is call.”

On Saturday evening, US President Donald Trump told Fox News he had ordered his envoys not to travel to Pakistan to continue talks with Iranian officials on ending the war.

“I’ve told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing,’” Fox News reported the president as saying in a phone call.

The cancellation dealt a fresh setback to mediation efforts centered in Islamabad, where Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi concluded meetings with Pakistani officials without a breakthrough.

While Araqchi described the visit as “very fruitful,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Tehran would not enter “imposed negotiations” under threats or blockade, urging Washington to remove what he called operational obstacles, including restrictions on Iranian ports.

Tensions remain elevated across the region. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered forces to “forcefully” strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, testing a fragile three-week ceasefire.

Washington and Tehran remain at an impasse, with Iran effectively restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—a key artery for global energy shipments—while the United States maintains curbs on Iranian oil exports.

The conflict, in which a ceasefire is in force, began with US-Israeli airstrikes ⁠on Iran on ⁠February 28. Iran has since carried out strikes against Israel, US bases and Gulf states, and the war has pushed up energy prices to multi-year highs, stoking inflation and darkening global growth prospects.

Araqchi “explained our country’s principled positions regarding the latest developments related to the ceasefire and the complete end of the imposed war against Iran”, said a statement on the minister’s official Telegram account.

Asked about Tehran’s reservations over US positions in the talks, an Iranian diplomatic source in Islamabad told Reuters: “Principally, Iranian side will not accept maximalist demands.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had said the US had seen some progress from the Iranian side in recent days and hoped more would come over the weekend, while Vice President JD Vance was ready ​to travel to Pakistan as well.

Vance ​led a first round of unsuccessful talks with Iran in Islamabad earlier this month.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had earlier told reporters that Iran had a chance to make a “good deal.”

“Iran knows that they still have an open window to choose wisely,” he said. “All they have to do is abandon a nuclear weapon in meaningful and verifiable ways.”

Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday. But an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson posted on X that Iranian officials did not plan to meet US representatives and that Tehran’s concerns would be conveyed to mediator Pakistan.