Vice President JD Vance held a press conference in Islamabad on Saturday evening, confirming that the United States and Iran have failed to reach a final agreement following intense, direct negotiations.
After more than 21 hours of talks mediated in Pakistan, the highest-level direct U.S.-Iran negotiations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Vance stated unequivocally that the Iranian regime refused to accept America’s core demands and red lines.
“We’ve been at it now for 21 hours, and we’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news,” Vance said. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America.”
The vice president added, “So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.”
Vance, who led the U.S. delegation alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, made it clear that the U.S. laid out its non-negotiable positions on Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles, support for terrorist proxies, and full compliance regarding the Strait of Hormuz.