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Vice president: talks with Iran lasted 21 hours but produced no agreement
Summary
A recorded clip played on the program quoted the vice president saying talks with Iran ran 21 hours and failed to reach terms the U.S. would accept; hosts framed the result as a U.S. victory over Iran's negotiating stance.
The hosts played a recorded statement in which the vice president said negotiators "have been at it now for 21 hours," and that despite "substantive discussions" the parties "have not reached the agreement." The vice president said U.S. negotiators had made their "red lines" clear and that Iran had "chosen not to accept our terms."
Terry Martin, the program host, introduced the clip and said it underscored recent presidential assertions that the United States would act to prevent Iran from leveraging the Strait of Hormuz. The program treated the vice president's remarks as a public justification for stepped-up maritime measures and a continuation of the administration's stated red lines.
