"“A lot of good progress is being made, but we're going to keep working on it, and eventually we'll either hit a deal or we won't,” Vance said at a White House briefing. Vance stressed that the US was ready to resume its military operations against Iran if no deal is reached. “We're in a pretty good spot here but there's an option B, and that option B is that we could restart the military campaign,” Vance said. “We're locked and loaded.”"
"He said that while the United States does not seek to resume the war with Iran, US President Donald Trump “is willing and able to go down that pathway if we have to.” “This is not a forever war,” he said, using a term popularized among critics of the protracted nature of the US-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Vance framed the approach as conditional on whether negotiations succeed."
"Meanwhile, Trump said that he nearly decided to resume the military operations against Iran on Tuesday. “I was an hour away from making the decision to go today,” Trump told journalists at the White House. The president stressed that a new US attack could come this week or the next if no deal is reached, but he did not give a concrete deadline. The United States had demanded that Iran abandon its nuclear enrichment program."
US Vice President JD Vance said negotiations with Iran on ending the war between Washington and Tehran were making good progress. He said the US would keep working until either a deal is reached or talks fail. Vance emphasized that the United States could restart its military campaign if no agreement is reached, describing the US as “locked and loaded.” He said the US does not seek to resume the war, but President Donald Trump is willing and able to pursue that pathway if necessary. Trump said he had called off a planned attack on Iran at the request of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, and said he was about an hour away from resuming strikes. He indicated further attacks could occur within the coming week or next if no deal is reached.
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