Vance says talks have moved forward
US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that talks with Tehran have made “progress,” and that he and President Donald Trump feel “pretty good” about the chance of a negotiated settlement. Speaking to reporters about an hour after talking with Trump, Vance said Washington would keep working at a deal while leaving military and non-military choices open.
“The president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement,” Vance said. He described Iran as “always a little unpredictable,” adding that Trump “retains kinetic options” — meaning military force — and “non-kinetic options,” such as diplomatic or other pressure short of strikes. “We’ve certainly made some progress. We’ll see if we can make some more,” he said.
No deadline, focus on the nuclear file
Asked whether Iran had been given a deadline before strikes resume, Vance said none had been set. He framed the core US demand around nuclear weapons capability: after what he called the destruction of Iran’s nuclear programme, Washington wants to ensure Tehran does not rebuild it.
“We do think that there is a pathway there, but it really does require a firm commitment and a verifiable commitment that they don’t rebuild that nuclear programme,” Vance said. That verifiable pledge, in his account, is what matters most to the United States in any settlement.
Trump: Iran wants a deal
Vance’s comments came hours after Trump, at the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, said Iran wants to make a deal to end the conflict, now in its ninth month. “They want to make a deal, and that could happen,” Trump said. He added that Iran had asked Washington to stop targeting its leaders, “and we will.”
For readers in Pakistan, any shift in US Iran talks matters because the wider Middle East confrontation has kept pressure on regional security and on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway whose stability affects energy shipping that ultimately feeds into fuel and import costs at home.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- Feb. 28: The United States and Israel launched attacks against Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation across the region and opening the conflict now described as in its ninth month.
- June: Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum, but tensions continued over security arrangements and Strait of Hormuz navigation.
- Monday: Trump said Iran wants a deal and that the US would stop targeting Iranian leaders; Vance later said JD Vance Iran negotiations had made progress, with no strike deadline and a demand for a verifiable pledge against rebuilding the nuclear programme.
Aasan alfaaz mein
America ke Vice President JD Vance ne kaha hai ke Iran se baat cheet mein kuch pesh raft hui hai. Trump aur Vance dono deal ke imkan se umeedwar hain, lekin abhi koi pakka faisla nahi hua. America chahta hai Iran nuclear program dobara na banaye, aur strike ki koi deadline nahi di. Middle East ki is jang se petrol aur energy ke raste mutasir ho sakte hain, is liye Pakistan ke logon ke liye ye khabar zaroori hai.
