Islamabad (Pakistan), 12 Apr. (LaPresse/AP) – US Vice-President JD Vance has stated that negotiations between the United States and Iran have concluded without an agreement, after the Iranians refused to accept the American conditions not to develop a nuclear weapon. The high-stakes talks ended after 21 hours, Vance said, with the Vice-President in constant contact with President Donald Trump and other members of the administration. “But the fact is, we need to see a clear commitment that they will not seek to acquire a nuclear weapon and that they will not seek the means that would allow them to rapidly acquire a nuclear weapon,” Vance told reporters. “That is the US President’s primary objective. And that is what we have been trying to achieve through these negotiations.” The vice-president said he had spoken to Trump “half a dozen times, a dozen times, over the last 21 hours” and had also spoken to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command. “We have been in constant contact with the team because we were negotiating in good faith,” said Vance, speaking from a podium in front of two American flags with special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at his side. “And we’re leaving here, we’re leaving here with a very simple proposal, a deal that represents our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it,” he added.