U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Geoffrey Vance said there is substantial agreement between the United States and Iran, even though some challenging issues remain.
Vance was responding to comments made earlier by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who posted on X that three clauses of Iran’s 10-point proposal had been “openly and clearly violated,” including a proposed ceasefire in Lebanon.
Vance described the post as largely positive, emphasizing that if only three points are in dispute, it signals a significant overall agreement. He also dismissed some of Ghalibaf’s statements, noting that the speaker’s English might have caused misunderstandings.
“Some of what he said honestly didn’t make sense in the context of the negotiations we’ve had,” Vance said, adding that the Lebanon-related issue is a “reasonable misunderstanding.”
He further explained that ceasefires are always inherently messy, with occasional “instabilities,” and that such discrepancies are expected in complex negotiations.
