JD Vance says Iran talks ended without agreement

JD Vance says talks with Iran on ending the war have ended without an agreement.

He said that despite about 21 hours of intensive discussions, the parties failed to reach an agreement.

“This is worse news for Iran than for America,” Vance said at a press conference in Islamabad.

Vance said the United States had presented Iran with “a final and best offer,” which he described as “quite flexible,” but the Iranian side rejected its terms.

“We acted in good faith, but we were unable to make progress,” he said.

The vice president said he had been in constant contact with Donald Trump during the talks and had had several conversations with him over the past 21 hours.

Vance also noted that senior US officials, including Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Scott Besant and the head of US Central Command, Brad Cooper, were actively involved in the process.

He said that one of the main problems in the negotiations was the lack of a clear commitment from Iran on its nuclear program.

"We need a clear guarantee that Iran will not seek to develop a nuclear weapon, either now or in the long term - we have not seen that commitment yet," Vance said.

Vance led the US delegation to the talks in Pakistan. The delegation also included special presidential envoy Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner.

The Iranian delegation consisted of 71 members and included negotiators, experts and security representatives.