ISLAMABAD: Following intensive, (21-hour long) marathon negotiations, Vice President J D Vance told the journalists during a brief Presser held here on Sunday (12th April, 2026) morning, that they were going back to US with no agreement as Iran was not willing to meet US terms.
JD Vance proclaimed that the Iranian delegation had chosen not to accept their Final & Best Offer: “The simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon.”
Briefing the Media, JD Vance stated: “We have been at it now for 21 hours, and we have had a number of substantive discussions, that’s the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America.”
He informed: “We have made very clear what our red lines are, what things we are willing to accommodate them on and what things we are not willing to accommodate them on.”
Answering to queries, JD Vance asserted, that the basic demand of USA was a pledge from Tehran that the country would not pursue nukes: “That is the core goal of the President of the United States, and that’s what we’ve tried to achieve through these negotiations.” He lamented the US had not seen that undertaking, “we hope that we will”.
ISLAMABAD: Vice President J D Vance left for US on board Airforce 2, Sunday (12 April, 2026) morning, after 21-hour-long intensive face-to-face negotiations with Irani delegation: “I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America. So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement,” he said while talking to journalists at a Presser held here, before leaving for home.
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“The US now understands Iran’s principles”: MB Ghalibaf.
Leader of the Irani delegation MB Ghalibaf took to the X to state: “Iran entered the negotiations with serious intent, but past experiences from previous wars left Tehran sceptical. The US failed to earn Iran’s trust despite Iran’s goodwill and constructive proposals during the latest round of talks.“
Ghalibaf believes that: “The US now understands Iran’s principles and must decide whether it can gain Iran’s trust. Iran views ‘power diplomacy’ as a key tool, alongside military resistance, to secure the nation’s rights and will not stop working to consolidate the achievements of its 40 days of national defence.”
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Porte parole of Irani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointing out that the negotiations with US were conducted in an atmosphere of mistrust, posted on the X: “US-Iran talks reached an agreement on several points, but views differed on two important issues, and it did not lead to an agreement.”
The spokesman, in another post, informed that In the past 24 hours, discussions were held on various dimensions of the main negotiation topics, including the Strait of Hormuz, the nuclear issue, war reparations, the lifting of sanctions, and the complete end to the war against Iran and in the region.”
He maintained that the success of the diplomatic process depended on the seriousness and good faith of the opposing side, refraining from excessive demands and unlawful requests, and the acceptance of Iran’s legitimate rights and interests.
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