Vance says no deal reached with Iran after 21 hours of talks
Vance said that after 21 hours of negotiating in Pakistan, the U.S. and Iranian delegations had failed to reach a deal to end the war.
“We’ve made very clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to accommodate them on, and what things we’re not willing to accommodate them on, and we’ve made that as clear as we possibly could, and may have chosen not to accept our terms,” he said.
The vice president said the U.S. needs a firmer commitment that Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon in order to reach an agreement.
He said, “The simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon, not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long term? We haven’t seen that yet. We hope that we will.”
What to know
- NO AGREEMENT IN PAKISTAN: Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. leaves Islamabad, where a delegation was meeting for face-to-face negotiations with Iran, without reaching an agreement. The sides held talks for 21 hours, he said.
- IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: Vance said after the talks that the U.S. needs a commitment that Iran would not seek to develop a unclear weapon. “We haven’t seen that yet. We hope that we will,” he said.
- U.S. BEGINS MINE-CLEARING EFFORT: CENTCOM said U.S. warships are setting conditions to reopen a safe passage after Iran laid mines in the key shipping lane.
- NETANYAHU SAYS IRAN CAMPAIGN ‘NOT OVER YET’: The Israeli prime minister said the strikes were launched because Iran was close to obtaining nuclear weapons and he claimed major blows to its nuclear program.
- STRIKES CONTINUE IN LEBANON: Lebanon’s Health Ministry said raids on Tuffahta wounded nine people, five of them critically.
- DEATH TOLL: Iranian officials have not released a recent death toll. The U.S.-based rights group HRANA put the total number of people killed at almost 3,400, including more than 1,600 civilians. More than 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon, and 23 people have died in Israel. Thirteen U.S. service members have been killed, and two more died of noncombat causes.
