Vance Says US Made Progress in Peace Talks, Ball in Iran’s Court

‘We actually made very clear what our red lines were,’ Vice President JD Vance said.
Vance Says US Made Progress in Peace Talks, Ball in Iran’s Court
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is welcomed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of their meeting on Iran amid the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on April 13 that the United States has made “a lot of progress” in negotiations with Iran, but talks in Pakistan ended without a deal after Tehran declined to meet key U.S. demands, leaving it up to the Iranian regime to decide whether to move forward with diplomacy or continue fighting.

In an interview with Fox News’s “Special Report,” Vance said the U.S. delegation left Pakistan following 21 hours of talks after concluding that while Iran had moved “in our direction,” it ultimately did not go far enough to meet Washington’s red lines.

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