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US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that Washington had made progress in talks with Iran and that he and President Donald Trump felt “pretty good” about the prospects for a negotiated settlement, Anadolu Agency reported.
“I actually just spoke with the president of the United States about an hour ago about this,” Vance told reporters. “Look, the president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement. We’re going to keep on working at it.”
Vance said Iran was “always a little unpredictable” and that Trump retained both “kinetic” and “non-kinetic” options. “We’ve certainly made some progress. We’ll see if we can make some more,” he said.
Asked whether Iran had been given a deadline before strikes resume, Vance replied: “No, we haven’t set deadlines.”
“Having destroyed their nuclear program, we want to make sure they don’t rebuild it or try to rebuild it. That’s what matters most to the United States,” he said.
Vance added that he believed there was a path to an agreement, but said it required a “firm commitment and a verifiable commitment” from Iran not to rebuild its nuclear program.
His remarks came hours after Trump said at the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington that Iran wanted a deal to end the conflict, which was then in its ninth month.
“They want to make a deal, and that could happen,” Trump said, adding that Iran had asked Washington to stop targeting its leaders, “and we will.”
Tensions in the Middle East have remained high since the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran on Feb. 28, prompting Iranian retaliation across the region.
Diplomatic efforts followed, and Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum in June. Tensions have nevertheless persisted over security arrangements and navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
