US Vice President JD Vance says the US delegation has failed to reach an agreement with Iran after 21 hours of negotiations in Pakistan.
In a very short news conference, Vance said Iran had chosen not to accept Washington’s terms.
A source close to the Iranian delegation has told the Fars news agency that the US was “looking for an excuse” to leave the negotiating table.
“The Americans needed the negotiation for their lost face in the international arena and were unwilling to lower their expectations despite the defeat and stalemate in the war with Iran,” the source said.
“Iran has no plans for the next round of talks,” they added.
Iran’s Press TV is reporting that the talks in Islamabad have ended after the US’s “excessive demands prevented a framework from being reached”.
It said that “various issues, including the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear rights, and other issues, have been among the points of contention”.
The Fars news agency, citing a source close to the Iranian delegation, says the US demanded “everything they couldn’t obtain” from the war during the talks in Islamabad.
The agency also cited its correspondent in the Pakistani capital as saying that “Iran did not accept America’s ambitious conditions regarding the Strait of Hormuz, peaceful nuclear energy, and several other issues”.
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US Vice President JD Vance’s press pool said he had already departed from Pakistan, where US-Iranian consultations took place.
ReplyDeleteVance boarded the plane at 2:08 a.m. GMT.
Earlier, the vice president said the US delegation was returning home, having completed talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad. The consultations lasted 21 hours and failed to produce any agreement.
The United States and Iran have failed to reach a peace deal after high-stakes talks in the Pakistani capital, with Vice President JD Vance saying Tehran refused to accept Washington’s terms after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad.
ReplyDeleteIslamabad will continue to mediate the dialogue between the United States and Iran and hopes that the parties will continue to honor their ceasefire commitments, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said in a statement.
ReplyDeleteIran’s foreign ministry said no one had held any expectation that talks with the United States could have reached an agreement within one session after the negotiations in Islamabad stalled on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteBroadcaster IRIB had said on Sunday that “unreasonable demands” by the United States affected talks in Islamabad to end the war in the Middle East.
ReplyDelete“The Iranian delegation negotiated continuously and intensively for 21 hours in order to protect the national interests of the Iranian people; despite various initiatives from the Iranian delegation, the unreasonable demands of the American side prevented the progress of the negotiations. Thus the negotiations ended,” IRIB said on Telegram.
Baqaei early hours on Sunday wrote on X saying that the success of peace talks between the United States and Iran depends on Washington avoiding "excessive” and “unlawful” demands.
“The success of this diplomatic process depends 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,” he said.
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not bothered about the outcome of US-Iran talks in Pakistan, insisting the United States had come out ahead from the war.
ReplyDelete“Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me. The reason is because we’ve won,” Trump told reporters.