In a brief news conference from Islamabad early Sunday morning local time, Vice President JD Vance said that marathon talks with Iran have not resulted in a breakthrough.
“We’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news. The bad news is we have not reached an agreement,” Vance said.
The vice president said the direct talks were over. He said his group, which included senior White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were returning to the U.S. without conducting a second session.
“We go back to the United States having not come to an agreement,” Vance said. “We’ve made it very clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to accommodate them on, and what things we’re not willing to accommodate them on, and they have chosen not to accept our terms.”
The talks lasted about 21 hours, Vance said.
“We just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms,” Vance told CBS News’ Jennifer Jacobs. “I think that we were quite flexible. We were quite accommodating.”
Vance said that during breaks in the peace talks, he spoke to Mr. Trump “consistently,” along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Adm. Brad Cooper — commander of U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East — and members of the White House national security team.
Following the news conference, the vice president immediately departed Pakistan for his return to the U.S.
