Virginia [US], July 2 (ANI): US Vice President JD Vance mentioned that negotiations with Iran in Doha, Qatar, are progressing positively, with technical-level discussions underway and talks on the nuclear problem set to start quickly, as per CNN.
Talking to CNN on Wednesday (native time) after remarks to US service members in Virginia, Vance mentioned, ‘It is nonetheless fairly early, however talks are going effectively.’
‘Effectively, proper now, the technical negotiators are sitting down with the Iranians, with the Qataris, and with others in Doha, speaking about among the particulars right here,’ he mentioned.
‘We’re anxious concerning the nuclear problem. We will begin speaking about that, so proper now the talks are going effectively,’ Vance added.
In the meantime, talking at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Seashore, Vance thanked US navy personnel and mentioned the continuing negotiations with Iran had been happening from a place of power.
He mentioned the talks had been doable ‘not out of weak spot’ however ‘out of power.’
Vance additionally contrasted the present US method towards Iran with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, arguing that President Donald Trump would solely authorise navy motion with clearly outlined goals.
‘[Trump’s] negotiating from a place the place Iran’s nuclear program has been destroyed and their typical navy has been destroyed too, and what I discover concerning the people who find themselves attacking the administration for negotiating is that they are the exact same individuals who, for instance, inspired us to simply go a bit bit additional and simply drop a number of extra bombs in locations like Afghanistan,’ Vance mentioned.
‘Now, the president of the USA maintains plenty of choices at the moment in 2026, but when he ever asks you to go and drop bombs, it should be for one thing particular,’ he added.
In the meantime, on Wednesday (native time), US President Donald Trump claimed that the ‘denuclearisation’ of Iran was going ‘effectively’, expressing optimism concerning the diplomatic course of with the Islamic Republic regardless of the absence of Iran from direct high-level negotiations involving senior US officers in Qatar.
Talking to reporters as he departs for North Dakota to go to the newly constructed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Trump mentioned discussions on Iran’s nuclear programme had progressed positively following latest navy motion on the Islamic Republic over strikes on transiting vessels by means of the Strait of Hormuz.
The US President additionally asserted that Iran had modified its place following the latest strikes.
‘They’ve come a great distance. We hit them very arduous final week. They’re effective. We will get it. It is the denuclearisation of Iran,’ he mentioned.
Reiterating Washington’s longstanding place on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Trump mentioned Iran wouldn’t be allowed to own a nuclear weapon.
‘Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. In any other case, all of these items that we take a look at, all of this stuff that we do, the nation has by no means had exercise prefer it’s acquired proper now,’ he mentioned.
Trump’s remarks come at the same time as Iranian officers haven’t participated in direct high-level talks with the USA in Doha, Qatar. (ANI)
