Vice President JD Vance talks to the media before boarding Air Force Two for a return to Washington, D.C. on February 11, 2026, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images)
"But if we can't cut that deal, then there's another option on the table. So I think the president is going to continue to preserve his options. He's going to have a lot of options because we have the most powerful military in the world. But until the president tells us to stop, we're going to engage in these conversations and try to reach a good outcome through negotiation," he continued.
Vance went on to downplay pushes for regime change in Iran, saying a removal of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime would be up to "the Iranian people."
He said the Trump administration's only focus is preventing the current Iranian regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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President Donald Trump has warned Tehran that it must agree to a nuclear deal. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. and Iranian officials resumed talks in Oman this week for the first time since last summer’s 12-day war. The United States continues to maintain a significant military presence in the Gulf, a posture widely viewed as both deterrence and for holding leverage in negotiations with Tehran.
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