Vance says Iran rejected US terms and no nuclear deal was reached

High-stakes talks between the United States and Iran ended without a deal after Iranian officials refused to accept American terms, Vice President J.D. Vance said Sunday.

Speaking at a press conference at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, Vance said Iran “chose not to accept our terms.”

“The bad news is that we couldn’t reach an agreement,” Vance said. “And I think that’s more bad news for Iran than it is bad news for the United States.”

The vice president stated that the talks with Iranian officials lasted 21 hours, describing them as “important talks”, but added that the United States did not want to compromise on its “red lines”.

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“So we’re going back to the United States without being able to reach an agreement. We’ve made it very clear what our red lines are, what we’re willing to accommodate them on, and what we’re not willing to accommodate them on,” Vance added. “And we made that as clear as we could, and they chose not to accept our terms.”

Fox News Digital’s Preston Mizell asked Vance if he was in contact with President Donald Trump during the talks, and the vice president said he was in touch “all the time.”

“I don’t know how many times we’ve talked to him; a half-dozen times, a dozen times in the last 21 hours,” Vance said, adding that the U.S. team had also been in contact with other members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

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Vice President J.D. Vance walks with Pakistan Defense Forces Chief Marshal Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Natalie A. Baker and Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi after arriving in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026, to meet with Iranian officials. (Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters)

“Look, we were in constant communication with the team because we were negotiating in good faith,” Vance said. “And we’re leaving here with a very simple offer, a method of understanding that is our last and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.”

Vance arrived in Pakistan early Saturday to lead high-stakes talks with Iran to preserve the fragile ceasefire Trump announced earlier this week and prevent a broader regional war.

Vance was joined by U.S. Special Representative Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as part of a high-level delegation meeting with Iranian officials in Islamabad.

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Vice President J.D. Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport on April 8, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. The White House said Vance will lead the U.S. delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran and is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Hungary ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf were negotiating on behalf of Iran.

While Vance refrained from giving details about what conditions Iran rejected, he said the United States wanted assurances that Iran would not develop nuclear weapons.

“The real truth is that we need to see a positive commitment that they will not seek nuclear weapons and that they will not seek the means to quickly obtain nuclear weapons,” Vance said. he said. “That’s the primary goal of the president of the United States. That’s what we tried to achieve through these negotiations.”

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The talks took place a month after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury on February 28.

Fox News Digital’s Preston Mizell and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.