JD Vance Says U.S. Made A Lot Of Progress In Iran Talks After Trump Postponed Attack

U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters at a White House briefing that the United States and Iran have made “a lot of progress” in talks and that “the Iranians want to make a deal.”

Vance said he had just spoken to Trump, who stressed that the core issue for the U.S. is that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, adding “We want to keep the number of countries that have nuclear weapons small.”

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Trump also said he was “an hour away from making the decision to go today” before postponing an attack, and he warned that a new U.S. attack could take place within “two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday.”

Vance said “We can restart the military campaign,” but that “that’s not what the president of the United States wants, and that’s not what the Iranians want.”

The BBC reported that the second round of Iran–U.S. nuclear talks was held in Geneva, Switzerland, with discussions between Steve Whitkaf and Jared Kushner for the U.S. and Abbas Araghchi for Iran, while Oman acted as mediator.

The BBC said Iranian officials stressed they will discuss only Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions, and that if the United States is willing to discuss lifting sanctions, Tehran is prepared to consider concessions to reach a nuclear agreement.

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The BBC also quoted Netanyahu warning that any deal with Iran must entail the complete dismantling of enrichment facilities and the removal of enriched uranium from the country, and said he added that any agreement must include Iran’s ballistic missile program.

In parallel, the BBC said Oman’s foreign minister Badr al-Busaidi and Abbas Araghchi met in Geneva on Monday to discuss preparations for the second round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States.

As negotiations continued, Punch Newspapers said the Brent crude oil price rose to $111.4 per barrel on Tuesday from $110 on Monday despite ongoing peace talks between the United States and Iran.

Punch Newspapers also said Trump had halted a planned resumption of strikes in Iran after Tehran’s refusal to surrender and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the closure affecting global fuel availability.

Daily Sabah reported that Trump warned “there won’t be anything left” of Iran if a peace deal is not reached, as a fragile truce unraveled amid renewed drone attacks targeting U.S.-aligned interests in the Gulf.

Daily Sabah added that the war has led to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of global oil exports pass in peacetime, and said Iran restricting shipping has coincided with the United States seeking to curb Iranian oil exports.