Washington DC, 18 February (H.S.): United States Vice President JD Vance disclosed on Tuesday that Iran has yet to acquiesce to all red lines delineated by President Donald Trump during pivotal nuclear negotiations in Geneva, intimating persistent American openness to dialogue even as Tehran demurs on core concessions commencing with its atomic ambitions.

In an exclusive Fox News interview with Martha MacCallum, Vance characterized the colloquy as bifurcated in outcomes: In some ways, it went well; they agreed to meet afterwards, he noted, yet underscored Tehran’s recalcitrance toward presidential non-negotiables, vowing sustained exertions while reserving Trump’s prerogative to adjudicate diplomacy’s terminus should exigencies warrant coercive alternatives.

This comes amid Trump’s stark ultimatum—force looms absent compliance—against Iran’s clerical regime, juxtaposed with ancillary frictions like the Strait of Hormuz contretemps and escalated hydrocarbon sanctions, as both powers navigate a fraught resumption of parleys inaugurated in Oman.

As the Islamic Republic temporizes on verifiable dismantlement and ballistic restraint, Vance’s measured rhetoric—eschewing rupture—heralds prospective follow-up sessions, though analysts portend escalation if Tehran persists in eluding Trump’s maximalist strictures amid burgeoning regional tinderboxes.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar