After being unable to secure a deal with Iran, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that there is a lot of mistrust between the U.S. and Tehran that cannot be solved “overnight,” but that he does feel good about where things currently stand.
“We had never had a meeting like that, where you have, you know, the person who’s effectively running the country in Iran sitting across from the vice president of the United States, that had never happened,” Vance said during a Turning Point USA college event in Athens, Georgia.
Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA tour stop at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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“After 49 years, there’s a lot of, of course, mistrust between Iran and the United States of America. You’re not going to solve that problem overnight. But yeah, I think the people we’re sitting across from wanted to make a deal, and I know the president of the United States told us to go out there and negotiate in good faith. That’s what we did. That’s what we’re going to keep on doing,” Vance continued.
Vance says he feels “very good about where we are.”
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie
