Vance Signals Progress: “Very Close” to a Deal with Iran

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said in an interview with CBS that the Trump administration is, in his words, “very close” to reaching an agreement with Iran that would focus on its nuclear program and provide a long-term response to the nuclear threat. The full interview will air on Sunday on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

According to Vance, “Right now I feel like we are in a position to get a deal that is good for the United States economically, and that really deals with the Iranian nuclear program, not just now, not just while Donald Trump is president, but for the long term.” Vance added that the goal of U.S. policy is to reach a point where “my kids will be able to say when they are adults, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.”

“I think we are very close to achieving that goal, but we still have a little more work to do, and we will keep doing it,” he said. In the interview, Vance said the agreement could be signed within a week, but could also take months. He said Washington will know “well before the midterm elections” whether the talks are indeed converging on a breakthrough.