Vice President JD Vance mentioned talks in Doha are “going well” and that discussions concerning the nuclear situation would begin quickly.
“It’s still pretty early, but talks are going well,” he informed NCS’s Adam Cancryn on Wednesday after remarks to US service members in Virginia.
“Well, right now, the technical negotiators are sitting down with the Iranians, with the Qataris, and with others in Doha, you know, talking, talking about some of the details here,” he mentioned. “We’re worried about the nuclear issue, we’re going to start talking about that, so right now the talks are going well.”
Speaking at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Vance thanked the US army, saying ongoing negotiations with Iran have been capable of proceed, “not out of weakness” however “out of strength.”
And he forged the US conflict with Iran as essentially completely different from the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq, the place he served as a Marine throughout a 2005 deployment, arguing that any army orders from President Donald Trump would include clear aims.
“[Trump’s] negotiating from a position where Iran’s nuclear program has been destroyed and their conventional military has been destroyed too, and what I notice about the people who are attacking the administration for negotiating is that they’re the very same people who, for example, encouraged us to just go a little bit further and just drop a few more bombs in places like Afghanistan,” he mentioned.
“Now, the president of the United States maintains a lot of options today in 2026, but if he ever asks you to go and drop bombs, it’s going to be for something specific.”