United States Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said that 21 hours of peace talks between the US and Iran in Pakistani capital Islamabad ended without an agreement to end the war.
“They have chosen not to accept our terms,” Vance said at a press conference.
“We leave here with a very simple proposal: a method of understanding that is our final and best offer,” he added. “We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”
The development comes four days after Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow further negotiations to end the war.
Israel was not involved in the talks. While its forces have not struck Iran since the ceasefire took effect, they have continued to carry out strikes in Lebanon.
Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:
- At a press conference lasting just more than three minutes, the US vice president also said that Washington had been “quite flexible” and “quite accommodating” in the negotiations. “But again, we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms,” he said. “The president [Donald Trump] told us, you need to come here in good faith and make your best effort to get a deal.”
- Vance added that the US needed “an affirmative commitment” from Iran that...
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