Mark Wauck
Meaning in History (blog) / April 12, 2026
First the Iranian view:
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) report: Twenty-one hours of intensive negotiations have ended without agreement. Such intensive negotiations are unprecedented. The Iranian side entered with clear principles and complete good faith, but with distrust based on the Americans’ track record.
‘The atmosphere of American greed in these talks prevented them from being able to reach an agreement or reach a result or progress.’
The Iranian delegation’s effort was to fully protect the achievements Iranians obtained in the forty-day battle while also reaching an agreement. The hardening of the negotiation process showed itself as American greed became clear.
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Vance gave a statement, which sounded like a new threat:
Full statement from JD Vance following 21 hours of talks in Islamabad:
‘We have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States.’
Vance says the US made clear its red lines and what it would accommodate, Iran chose not to accept US terms.
The core issue: ‘We need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon.’
He [Vance] claims Iran’s enrichment facilities ‘have been destroyed’ but says the US hasn’t seen ‘a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon, not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long term.’
Talks collapse.
No doubt we’ll hear more tomorrow.
Mark Wauck runs the blog, meaninginhistory.blogspot.com
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Iran state media says talks failed over ‘unreasonable’ US demands
The Guardian / April 11, 2026
“Unreasonable demands” by the US scuppered talks in Islamabad to end the war in the Middle East, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said on Sunday, per the AFP news agency.
“The Iranian delegation negotiated continuously and intensively for 21 hours in order to protect the national interests of the Iranian people; despite various initiatives from the Iranian delegation, the unreasonable demands of the American side prevented the progress of the negotiations.
“Thus the negotiations ended,” IRIB said on Telegram.
