“I think it’s bad news for Iran,” said Vice President J.D. Vance. “It was evident that we should not expect to reach an agreement in just one negotiation session,” tempers the Iranian regime.
The two enemies failed to find common ground. After agreeing to a two-week ceasefire, the United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, following twenty-one hours of negotiations in Pakistan, announced Vice President J.D. Vance on Sunday, April 12th in the early morning. J.D. Vance is returning to the United States after making, in his view, a “final and best possible” offer to Iran.
“I think this is worse news for Iran than it is for the United States of America,” he stated during a brief press conference in Islamabad, where he was tasked by Donald Trump to lead the negotiations. Franceinfo reflects on these unprecedented discussions, which stalled on “two or three key issues,” according to Tehran.
A historic meeting and lengthy exchanges
These discussions, under the auspices of Pakistan in Islamabad, were significant in themselves: Americans and Iranians had never negotiated at this level since the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah’s regime in 1979. “This shows the willingness of both parties to end this war,” said Vali Nasr, a professor and Iran specialist at Johns Hopkins University, in the New York Times.
On the American side, J.D. Vance was accompanied by Steve Witkoff, special envoy of Donald Trump, and Jared Kushner, the President’s son-in-law. The Iranian delegation was led by its influential Parliament President, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, and a team of about 70 people.
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