Trump’s deputy says ceasefire is being respected, but distrust between US and Iran cannot be resolved overnight

US Vice President JD Vance participates in an event at the University of Georgia in Athens Alyssa Pointer/Reuters US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday (14) that there is a lot of mistrust between Washington and Tehran, which cannot be resolved overnight, but added that Iranian negotiators want to reach an agreement and that he feels “very good about the current situation.” “There’s a lot of mistrust, of course, between Iran and the United States. You can’t solve this problem overnight,” Vance said. He also pointed out that the two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is being respected, despite the fact that the dialogues held in Islamabad, Pakistan, did not end in a peace agreement. Vance attends an event for a conservative organization in the city of Athens, Georgia. Negotiations to end the war with Iran could resume in Pakistan within the next two days, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, after the failure of weekend negotiations. With the failure of the Islamabad talks, Washington said it had imposed a blockade on Iranian ports, closing the Strait of Hormuz. A fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran is still a week old. Vance personally participated in the negotiations last weekend in Pakistan. Iranian negotiators wanted to reach a deal, he said. “I’m very optimistic about the current situation,” Vance added. The war with Iran began when the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Iran responded with its own attacks against Israel and the Gulf countries that host American bases. US-Israeli strikes against Iran and Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed thousands of people and displaced millions.

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