Iran and the United States failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday, April 12th, after talks in Islamabad, adding that he was leaving after giving Tehran the “final and best offer.”
Vance said Washington was seeking a “fundamental commitment” from Iran that it would not develop a nuclear weapon, but that “we haven’t seen that” given.
The vice president added he was still giving Iran time to consider the offer from the United States, which on Tuesday said it would pause attacks with Israel for two weeks pending negotiations.
The Islamabad talks were the highest-level meeting between the United States and Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Pakistan, which hosted the talks and whose leadership had ushered the rival sides to the table, said it would keep facilitating dialogue and urged both countries to continue respecting the temporary truce.
Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB said negotiations stalled over “unreasonable demands of the American side,” although the country’s foreign ministry spokesman later noted that “no one” could have expected that after 40 days of war, they would reach an agreement within one session.
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who was part of peace talks, said in a post on X on Sunday that Washington was “unable” to win Tehran’s trust during the discussions.
