Iran Peace Talks Are Shaping Up To Be A Huge Embarrassment For JD Vance

The vice president's neck is on the line if the deal doesn’t work out, Trump joked. And Trump said with a laugh that, if it is a success, he’ll take all the credit.

General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

Vice President JD Vance’s flailing efforts to achieve a permanent peace deal with Iran are back on ice amid resumed overseas attacks and widespread backlash over his interim deal, criticised for bolstering Tehran and failing to achieve the goals first set by the US.

Both Vance and Iranian officials postponed Friday’s planned start of weeks-long talks in Switzerland to hammer out permanent details of the peace pact, for which Vance has become the poster boy — and, at times, punching bag.

The scrapped plans came as President Donald Trump ominously declared Iran “finished” on Friday, adding that the US will “play out the 60 days,” which is how long the talks were scheduled to occur. It also came amid resumed attacks between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, which Iran said would need to end for negotiations to continue. A ceasefire was declared later on Friday.

Trump and Iran have both threatened that war will........

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