2 min readUpdated: Jun 28, 2026 01:23 PM IST
United States Vice President JD Vance Friday said that the US will win negotiations with Iran “either way”, while highlighting the destruction of its nuclear programme, The Guardian reported.
In an interview with HBO,Vance said, “If we make the final deal, then great. If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They’re still much weaker as a country, so my attitude is America wins either way.”
His comments came hours ahead of strikes on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, following which both the US and Iran escalated attacks on each other’s targets — marking the worst since they signed the interim peace deal early this week.
On US-Iran ceasefire violation
Underlining that the increased flow of oil through the strait acted as a “signal that there’s something real going on”, the US vice-president said the ceasefire deal with Iran was likely to always be “a little messy”.
He acknowledged that his negotiations with the Iranian delegation in Switzerland were successful, and it was evident in a prompt decrease in oil prices across the globe, soon after the talks concluded.
The oil is “down to $73 a barrel” and Iran’s nuclear program was “functionally destroyed”, Vance claimed on Friday.
On destroying Iran’s nuclear program
Clarifying whether Iran’s nuclear programme, and its ability to enrich uranium, had actually suffered, Vance asserted: “What part of it is not destroyed? The thing that you have to destroy is their ability to enrich uranium, which has been destroyed.”
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“If they are willing to give up nuclear weapons ambitions for the long term, then the United States is willing to fundamentally transform our relationship with that country,” Vance said.
He added: “If they’re willing to change, we’re willing to change too; if they’re not willing to change, we still fundamentally have all the cards and I think that’s a good place to be.”
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