Vice President JD Vance has said he is “not certain” about a peace deal with Iran as he warned the American military is “locked and loaded” for a resumption of war. In a White House briefing on Tuesday, Vance noted that “a lot of good progress has been made” in negotiations with Tehran in recent days, but added: “You never know until you know, right?”
His comments came after President Donald Trump stated that he could order “another big hit” on the country. “I am not certain, and I’m not going to be certain until we sign a deal that we have a deal,” Mr Vance said. Trump, he said, has advised his team to “aggressively negotiate” with the Iranians.
Trump Says He Was ‘an Hour Away’ from Launching Strikes
President Donald Trump has expressed his hopes that the Iran conflict will not continue but said that the US may have to order “another big hit” on the Islamic Republic. The US president said he was “an hour away” from launching fresh attacks before allies in the Middle East asked him to postpone them, due to the possibility of a peace deal being agreed. He said that America’s decision would be known “very soon”. “I hope we don't have to do the war, but we may have to give them another big hit... I'm not sure yet. You'll know very soon,” he told reporters.
Earlier, Trump claimed he was “an hour away” from ordering a fresh volley of strikes on Iran in order to force Tehran to agree a deal, after he had reviewed the latest peace terms. Only yesterday, the US president said there was a “very good chance” an agreement to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon would be reached.
Trump Says Iran War Will End ‘Very Quickly’
President Donald Trump has said that the Iran war will end “very quickly” while attending a Congressional picnic Tuesday night, Washington time. “We're blowing everything away, and we're going to end that war very quickly. They want to make a deal so badly, they're tired of this,” he said of the Iranians. He reassured Americans struggling with high gas prices that they will see “oil prices plummet.” “They're going to come down. There's so much oil out there, they're going to come plummeting down,” he said.
Iran War Briefing
- President Donald Trump has said that the Iran war will end “very quickly” and that Tehran wanted to “make a deal so badly, they're tired of this”.
- Trump also claimed that he was “an hour away” from launching fresh strikes on Iran before his Gulf allies asked him to postpone them.
- Russia's deputy foreign ministry has offered Moscow's help with talks between the US and Iran over their ongoing military conflict.
- Oil prices eased on Wednesday as Brent crude oil futures fell 45 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $110.83 a barrel. The US West Texas Intermediate futures were down 27 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $103.88.
