Iran brags that negotiators snubbed Vance during photo op at peace talks — here’s what the video shows

The Iranians bragged that the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi snubbed Vice President JD Vance during a photo op opportunity before peace talks Sunday. Footage showed Araqchi walking into the room where Vance, the rest of the US delegation, and mediators were waiting in front of the cameras — before he was then captured leaving after embracing Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Iranian state media also claimed that its delegation refused to participate in any joint media appearance before talks with the US — a claim which US officials have hit back at. “Iranian representatives previously agreed to a press availability at the beginning of the meeting,” a US official explained to The Post. “They even brought state media with them to cover it, who were pre-staged at the event. Despite this, they left the meeting upon seeing the volume of press in attendance and then distributed an inaccurate account of the situation through state media.”

Meanwhile, lefty critics of Vance on social media also harped on about another moment during the photo op before talks between the US and Iran unfolded. Right before the talks got underway, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani walked by Vance and embraced Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. (Read More)