Final offer after 21 hours of negotiations… What happened in the US-Iran talks?

Vance’s statements carried an indication that he is still giving Iran sufficient time to consider the offer submitted by the United States, which announced on Tuesday to halt its attacks for two weeks pending the outcome of the negotiations.

Final Offer

He added that the main disagreement revolves around nuclear weapons. Iran insists that it is not seeking to possess an atomic bomb, while the United States and Israel bombed sensitive Iranian facilities in the war that broke out on February 28, as well as during the 12-day war last year.

Nuclear weapons

Vance said: "The simple fact is that we need a firm commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, nor will they seek to acquire the tools that would enable them to quickly build a nuclear weapon.".

Add: F "The simple question is: Do we see a fundamental commitment of will among the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon (…) not only now, and not only two years from now, but in the long term?"echoing "We haven’t seen that yet, and we hope to see it"

Strait of Hormuz

In his brief remarks at the hotel in Islamabad that hosted the talks, Vance did not highlight the dispute over another major issue, which is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic passage through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes.

He pointed out that President Donald Trump, who expressed Saturday in Washington that he did not care whether the two sides reached an agreement or not, was lenient in the talks.

/>He said: "I think we’ve been very flexible. We were very helpful. The president told us: You have to come here in good faith and do your best to reach an agreement.". He added: "We did that, but unfortunately, we couldn’t make any progress".