US-Iran peace talks: Peace talks collapse after 21 hours of negotiations in Islamabad
Vance posed a rhetorical question asking if Iranians have a will to not develop a nuclear weapon in the long run and gave a simple 'no' response.
US-Iran peace talks: The US-Iran peace talks, which were being helped by Pakistan, ended without any agreement after 21 hours of discussions on Saturday (April 11). US Vice President JD Vance, who was leading the American side, said this is “bad news for Iran” and that the US team is leaving after giving its “final and best offer.”
So, why did the talks fail?
Vance did not share full details publicly but said the main issue was about nuclear weapons. He explained that the US wants a clear promise from Iran that it will not try to build nuclear weapons or develop the means to make them quickly.
"Their nuclear programs such as it is, the enrichment facilities that they had before, they've been destroyed," Trump's veep added.
Vance posed a rhetorical question asking if Iranians have a will to not develop a nuclear weapon in the long run and gave a simple 'no' response.
"The simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon -- not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long term? We haven't seen that yet. We hope that we will," Vance said.
He added that this is a key goal of President Donald Trump and something the US tried to achieve through these talks. However, Iran continues to deny that it is working on an atomic bomb. Meanwhile, the US and Israel have already carried out strikes on important Iranian sites during the war that began on February 28 and also last year.
Vance said the US delegation was "quite flexible, accommodating" and that they came in "good faith", as asked by Trump to make best effort to get a deal.
"We did that," he said.