Iran has not accepted all Trump’s red lines, says JD Vance

Iran has not accepted all the “red lines” defined by US President Donald Trump for a diplomatic resolution, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday after talks in Geneva. “In some ways it went well, they agreed to meet afterwards, but in other ways it was very clear that the President has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News. He said Washington’s primary objective is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Vance said the United States would prefer to resolve the standoff through diplomacy but stressed that all options remain on the table.

‘In some ways, it went well’ — Vance on Iran negotiations

‘But in other ways, it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through’ https://t.co/kHBBnFK56a pic.twitter.com/2HVTLbmG57

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The second round of talks between the US and Iran concluded in Geneva on Tuesday, amid US President Donald Trump's increasing military pressure on Tehran and the latter conducting a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz. The talks went on for nearly 3 hours, after which delegates left the Omani ambassador's residence.Following the conclusion of second round of talks in Geneva, Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Tuesday said that Tehran has agreed with US 'on guiding principles' for the deal, Reuters reported. Iran FM also said that the second round of talks with the US was ‘constructive’, adding that no date set for the third round of US talks.