Vance says Trump is 'impatient' about progress on Iran

Budapest: US President Donald Trump is "impatient" about making progress toward ending the Iran war and has instructed his negotiating ⁠team to engage the Iranians in good faith, Vice ⁠President JD Vance said on Wednesday.

Speaking at ‌an event in ​Budapest during his trip to Hungary, Vance said a deal was possible if Iran negotiated sincerely, but cautioned that while some parts of the Iranian system were approaching ​the talks constructively, ⁠others were not. He described the situation as a "fragile truce."

"The President of the United States has told me, and he's told the entire ⁠negotiating team, ‌secretary of state, the special envoy Steve Witkoff, he said, go and work in ‌good faith to come to an agreement," Vance said.

"He's impatient. ⁠He's impatient to make progress. He has told us to negotiate in good ‌faith, and I think if ‌they negotiate in good faith, we will be able ‌to find a deal. But that's a ‌big if, and ultimately, it's up to the Iranians how they negotiate. I hope they make the right decision," ⁠Vance said.

The United ⁠States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, potentially halting a six-week-old war that has killed thousands, spread across the Middle East and caused unprecedented disruption to the world's energy supplies.

Trump announced the agreement late on Tuesday, ​just two hours before a deadline he had ​set for Iran to ​open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz or face the destruction of ​its "whole civilisation".