Iran declines Trump’s Islamabad talks plan as ceasefire deadline nears

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The disagreement emerged as a ceasefire between the US and Iran is scheduled to expire on Wednesday, April 22.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that talks with Iran are set to resume in Islamabad, but Iranian officials rejected the proposal, citing what they described as excessive US demands and continued military pressure as the reason for declining participation.

The disagreement emerged as a ceasefire between the US and Iran is scheduled to expire on Wednesday, April 22, with Pakistan mediators engaged in efforts to prolong the truce.

Tehran signaled it would maintain its policy of closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to a US naval blockade, further intensifying the standoff. Iranian officials said their decision not to attend the proposed negotiations was tied to what they described as shifting US positions and ongoing actions in the region.

“Iran stated that its absence from the second round of talks stems from what it called Washington’s excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions, and the ongoing naval blockade, which it considers a breach of the ceasefire,” IRNA said.

In remarks to Fox News’ Trey Yingst, President Trump said the United States would be represented in Islamabad by special envoy Steve Witkoff and chief advisor Jared Kushner.

Iranian state media rejected that assertion, with the Islamic Republic News Agency reporting that Tehran would not take part.

President Trump also accused Iran of violating the ceasefire by targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz and warned of strong retaliation if a new agreement is not reached. “We are going to hit them harder than any country has been hit before,” President Trump said, adding that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. He also warned that if Tehran does not accept a new plan, it will be “blown up.”

IRNA, in its coverage, accused the United States of engaging in a “blame game” and making false claims about Iran’s willingness to participate in negotiations as a means of increasing pressure.

The conflicting statements highlight a widening gap between Washington and Tehran, with no clear path forward for talks in Islamabad.

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Acts 28 ends abruptly and that’s never sat right with me. With the inclusion of Acts 29, we are given a nice well-rounded finale to Luke’s biography and some interesting closure to Pontius Pilate as well. Join me as I continue my Lost Books of the Bible series on YouTube, reading from Acts 29, 3 Corinthians, and the Phoenix of Tertullian.

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IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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