Tehran misjudged its personal leverage in US-Iran talks, official says

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Peace negotiations with Iran fell aside after Tehran severely misjudged what sort of leverage the regime believed it held, a U.S. official instructed Fox Information Digital on Sunday.

Whereas Vice President JD Vance left Islamabad, Pakistan, with no deal between the U.S. and Iran, the official mentioned Vance used the talks to measure the Iranians personal evaluation of their place within the negotiations.

Vance discovered that Tehran thought they held a robust hand going into negotiations, in line with the official, who added that no deal may be achieved when one occasion deludes itself into believing they've leverage that, in actuality, they don't have.

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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi had been greeted by Pakistan Overseas Minister Ishaq Dar and Military Chief Discipline Marshal Gen. Asim Munir upon their arrival at Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. (Pakistan Ministry of Overseas Affairs/AP)

The U.S. official described the talks to Fox Information Digital as beginning out powerful, although growing right into a extra pleasant and productive dialogue over the period of the 21-hour-long negotiations.

The high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran ended with no deal after Iranian officers refused to simply accept American phrases, Vance mentioned earlier Sunday throughout a press convention from the Serena Resort in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Vice President JD Vance speaks throughout a information convention after assembly with representatives from Pakistan and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

"So we return to the US, having not come to an settlement. We have made very clear what our red lines are, what issues we're keen to accommodate them on and what issues we're not keen to accommodate them on," Vance mentioned on the time. "And we have made that as clear as we presumably might, they usually have chosen to not settle for our phrases."

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The U.S. official mentioned that over the course of the discussions, the Washington delegation decided it was clear that the Iranians didn't comprehend that the core of any peace deal hinges on Iran by no means acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Vice President JD Vance spoke throughout a information convention in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, 2026, after assembly with representatives from Pakistan and Iran. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, particular envoy for peace missions, listened throughout the occasion. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Whereas that time stays the primary goal of any potential peace deal, the U.S. has different purple strains that it's going to not compromise on.

The official mentioned that the U.S. and Iran failed to achieve an settlement on all of Washington’s purple strains, which embody: Iran ending all uranium enrichment; the dismantling of all Iran’s main nuclear enrichment services; the retrieval of extremely enriched uranium; the acceptance of a broader peace, security and de-escalation framework that features regional allies; an finish to the funding of Iran’s terrorist proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis; and Iran absolutely opening the Strait of Hormuz with no tolls for passage.

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The official added that Vance has underscored that whereas a deal stays on the desk, it's as much as Tehran to simply accept the phrases.

"And we depart right here with a quite simple proposal, a way of understanding that's our remaining and finest supply," Vance mentioned throughout the earlier press convention earlier than departing Pakistan. "We'll see if the Iranians settle for it."