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U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that peace negotiations with Iran would "be messy" and take time, adding that the U.S. will use military, economic, and diplomatic tools to reach what he called "the right resolution."
Vance made the remarks in an interview with Fox News Wednesday evening, hours after Iran denied it was engaged in talks with Washington.
Asked about setbacks in negotiations with Iran, Vance cited two factors: "Number one, the Iranians are extraordinarily difficult people. Number two, they have a fractured system," he said.
"There are people within their system that want the war to be over, and there are also people in their system that are crazy radicals who want the war to continue," Vance said.
"Our job is to navigate through that and get the best outcome for the American people, but for the president of the United States as well," he added.
"And I do think that where we will ultimately land, it's going to be messy, and it's going to take some time to get there, where we will ultimately land, as you see, oil I think was at $79 today," Vance said, adding, "Those oil prices are going to come down and stay down. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and the United States will be in a stronger position."
"But we're kind of in the middle of the game, and I think people are trying to prejudge exactly how this is going to go," he noted.
Vance added that the U.S. is prepared to draw on multiple forms of leverage to reach a settlement. "But we're going to use all the tools that we have, military, economic, diplomatic, to make sure we bring this thing to the right resolution," he said.
Vance's remarks come amid tensions around the Strait of Hormuz following recent military confrontations between the U.S. and Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would rather reach a deal with Iran than resort to military action, while warning that the use of force remains an option if diplomacy fails. "I'd rather make a deal because I don't want to kill people," Trump said at an event in Las Vegas.
Washington and Tehran signed a framework agreement on June 18 and launched negotiations toward a final deal before the talks stalled over disagreements on guarantees for security and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Last month, tensions escalated again as the U.S. carried out strikes inside Iran, while Tehran responded by targeting what it described as U.S. military facilities and equipment in several Arab countries, particularly Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait.
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