J.D. Vance

We just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms.

Vann said that the U.S.

needs a commitment from Iran that it will not seek a nuclear weapon nor pursue the tools to quickly build one.

Iran has repeatedly said that the nuclear program is a civilian one and that it has a right to continue to enrich uranium for that purpose.

The status of the two-week ceasefire is uncertain at this point, as are the possibilities of further negotiations.

We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians.

That's the good news.

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.

So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.

We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on.

We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians.

That's the good news.

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.

So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.

We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on, and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on.

And we've made that as clear as we possibly could.

And they have chosen not to accept our terms.

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.