‘Bad news’: Vance says no agreement reached after marathon talks with Iran

J.D. Vance said on Sunday that the US and Iran had failed to reach an agreement after marathon negotiations in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.“We have been at it now for 21 hours, and we’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news,” the US vice-president told a press conference. “[The] bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran, much more than that, it’s bad news for the United States of America.”He left, not responding to questions on whether the two sides would go to war again.Vance told reporters that the US had not yet seen a “fundamental commitment of will” from the Iranians not to develop nuclear weapons.“We’ve made 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 we’ve made that as clear as we possibly could and they have chosen not to accept our terms,” he said.“We leave here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept.”Iran blamed “excessive demands” from the US for the failure of the talks, saying they had “hindered a common framework and agreement”, according to the Tasnim News Agency.