Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday said while there may be delay in Iran’s response during negotiations to end the war, the United States can “feel confident” of a response whether positive or negative.
Vance said the delay was caused due to “transmitting of messages from one person to another”, but the US has largely achieved its military objectives in the West Asia conflict.
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“We recognise there’s some delay sometimes in transmitting messages from one person to another, but we feel confident that we can get a response, whether it’s positive or negative,” Vance said during a press conference in Hungary’s Budapest.
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His remarks come as President Donald Trump warned Iran about his “deadline” saying a “whole civilisation will die tonight”. He, however, indicated that negotiations were on with Iran but he said the “ball is in Iranians’ court now”.
Vance is in Hungary to deliver President Trump’s support to his ally, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ahead of the tightly contested parliamentary elections in the country scheduled for April 12. Speaking during remarks alongside Orban, he said the US operations in Iran have met most of their intended goals.
“The United States has largely accomplished its military objectives in Iran,” he said. “The ball is in the Iranians court now…Iranians are not the fastest negotiators before the war started and they are certainly not the fastest negotiators now… We’re going to get a response from the Iranians by 8 o’clock tonight. I hope they make the right response, because what we really want is we want a world where oil and gas is flowing freely, where people can afford to heat their homes and cool their homes, where people can afford to transport themselves to work.”
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But, tensions in the conflict zone have only escalated. There has been a heavy barrage of aerial strikes across multiple locations in Iran, even before the expiration of the deadline set by the White House.
Strikes were reported on bridges across Iran and on Kharg Island, which serves as the Islamic republic’s key oil export hub. An American official confirmed the scale of the operation, saying the “US military struck dozens of military targets on the island overnight”.
(With agency inputs)
