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Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that major talks between the US and Iran ended without an agreement after Iranian officials refused to accept US terms.
Speaking at a press conference at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Vance said Iran “has chosen not to accept our terms.”
The bad news is that we haven’t reached an agreement,” said Vance. “And I think this is more bad news for Iran than it is bad news for the United States of America.”
The vice president said the talks with Iranian officials lasted 21 hours, describing them as “important talks,” but added that the US was not willing to compromise on its “red lines.”
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Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
“So we’re going back to the United States, we haven’t reached an agreement. We’ve made it clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to allow them and what things we’re not willing to allow them,” added Vance. “And we made that clear as best we could, and they chose not to accept our terms.”
Fox News Digital’s Preston Mizell asked Vance if he had been in contact with President Donald Trump during the talks, and the vice president said “he’s been in regular contact.”
“I don’t know how many times we’ve talked to him — a dozen times, a dozen times in the last 21 hours,” Vance said, adding that the U.S. delegation has been in contact with other members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Vice President JD Vance walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, US Ambassador Natalie A. Baker, and Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 20, 261. (Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters)
“So, look, we’ve been communicating with the team because we’ve been having an honest conversation,” Vance said. “And we’re leaving here with a very simple proposal, a way of understanding that is our last and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”
Vance arrived in Pakistan on Saturday to lead high-level talks with Iran aimed at protecting the fragile deal announced by Trump earlier this week and preventing a wider regional war.
Vance was joined by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, as part of a large delegation of contacts with Iranian officials in Islamabad.
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Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport on April 8, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. The White House said Vance will lead the US delegation to the upcoming peace talks with Iran and was in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf were discussing Iran.
While Vance declined to elaborate on what terms Iran had rejected, he said the US wanted assurances that Iran would not develop a nuclear weapon.
“The simple truth is that we need to see a commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that will help them quickly acquire a nuclear weapon,” said Vance. “That is the core purpose of the president of the United States. And that is what we have tried to achieve through these negotiations.”
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The talks took place a month after the US launched Operation Epic Fury on February 28.
Fox News Digital’s Preston Mizell and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
