US Vice President J.D. Vance said that after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad, the United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war.
“We had several meaningful discussions with the Iranians, and that’s the good news. The bad news is that we didn’t reach an agreement, and I think that’s worse news for Iran than it is for the United States,” Vance said.
“We just couldn’t get to a point where the Iranians would accept our terms,” he said.
The vice president thanked Pakistan, saying that “any shortcomings” in the talks were not due to the Pakistanis, who “did a great job.”
Asked about Iran’s nuclear capabilities, Vance said: “The simple truth is that we need to see a clear commitment that they will not seek to acquire a nuclear weapon and that they will not seek to acquire the means to develop a nuclear weapon rapidly.” Vance added that Iran’s nuclear program has been “destroyed.” Still, he stressed that a “fundamental commitment of will” is needed to ensure that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon in the future. “We have not seen that yet. We hope we will.”
The US vice president said that Trump was involved in the negotiations and that he had called the president “about a dozen times” during the negotiations.
“We are leaving here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding, which is our final and best proposal. We will see if the Iranians accept it,” he added, concluding his speech.
