Vance says Iran talks 'in flux,' could start Sunday, maybe later
Vice President JD Vance voiced optimism that talks with Iran would begin on Sunday in Switzerland, but that the situation was “in flux.”
Talks were first scheduled to begin on Friday, but Iran’s delegation delayed their flight amid the outbreak of fighting in Lebanon. After Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed the delegation departed Iran on Saturday, Vance said talks would likely begin on Sunday, though with caveats.
“That may happen as soon as [Sunday], but these things are always a little bit in flux. Jared [Kushner] and Steve [Witkoff] have been on the ground now for a few hours dealing with some of the technical elements of this negotiation,” he told Fox & Friends.
“As you guys know, one of the things the president has set us out to do as a high priority is to open the straits that’s now happened,” Vance continued. “We actually got 16 million barrels of oil out of the Straits of Hormuz yesterday. That is a record going back to even before the conflict started. So you’re seeing those ships move.”
At the same time as the interview, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz again, arguing it was due to the “bad faith” of the U.S. and “its clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war in Lebanon.
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