Iran warns it has ‘new playing cards to play on the battlefield’ if ceasefire collapses as JD Vance flies out to Pakistan right this moment for talks – Live updates

The head of Iran’s Armed Forces Unified Command Ali Abdollahi, has said that Tehran is ready to ‘decisively respond’ to any US breach of the ceasefire, Iran’s Tasnim news agency has reported.

Oil prices slipped, and Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday, with the future of US -Iran talks aimed at ending the war in doubt.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil dipped 1 per cent to $94.44 US benchmark crude oil lost 1.2 per cent to $86.19 per barrel.

Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance would be going to Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, for talks. But after the US Navy seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, the Iranian side made no commitment to more negotiations.

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026

The head of the UN’s humanitarian agency has said that the $2billion (£1.5billion) a week that Donald Trump was spending on his war in Iran could have funded saving more than 87million lives.

Tom Fletcher, a former UK diplomat and foreign policy advisor to several prime ministers, has been grappling with a humanitarian aid funding crisis, which has amounted to a 50 per cent cut in his budget.

He blamed this not just on the US but also on international cuts to overseas aid driven by demands from defence budgets.

Speaking at Chatham House in London, Fletcher said: ‘For every day of this conflict, $2bn is being spent.

‘My entire target for a hyper-prioritised plan to save 87 million lives is $23bn. We could have funded that in less than a fortnight of this reckless war. Now, of course, we cannot.’

Vice President JD Vance will head to Pakistan today for further talks with Iran, according to Axios.

Meanwhile, sources told CNN that a second round of talks between the US and Iranian delegations is planned for Wednesday in Islamabad.

Iran has warned that it has been preparing to play ‘new cards on the battlefield’ if Donald Trump’s ceasefire collapses.

The threat from Tehran comes a day before the temporary truce is set to expire, with the US president saying that it is ‘highly unlikely ‘the peace deal with Iran will be extended.

In an X post on Tuesday, Iranian parliamentary speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, said: ‘Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table – in his own imagination – into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering.

‘We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats.’

He went on to warn: ‘In the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield.’

Pictured: Iranian parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf