{"id":483745,"date":"2026-06-09T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/483745\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:00:12","slug":"vance-iran-deal-a-home-run-for-the-american-people-whether-israel-likes-it-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/483745\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance: Iran deal a ‘home run for the American people,’ whether Israel likes it or not"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the emerging peace deal between Washington and Tehran was a \u201chome run for the American people,\u201d whether or not Israel liked it.<\/p>\n

The comments came as US President Donald Trump predicted a deal was two or three days away, and denied Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had defied him by responding to Iran\u2019s renewed missile attacks on Israel on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Fox News<\/a>, Vance acknowledged that the US and Israel \u201chave a lot of shared interests, but we also have some situations where our interests diverge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think where the president has been very clear here is that while Israel obviously has some objectives that it has, the United States\u2019 main objective in Iran is to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n

He claimed that since Trump returned to power, the White House has \u201ccreated the space\u201d for a nuclear deal that would be superior to the one reached in 2015 by then-US president Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the last year and a half, we\u2019ve created the space necessary where the president believes \u2013 and I think that he\u2019s right \u2013 that we can get the long-term settlement to Iran\u2019s nuclear deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, Israel may like that, they may not like that,\u201d Vance added. \u201cBut fundamentally, we think this is in the best interest of the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asked if the Iranians are \u201ctrying to play\u201d the US negotiators, Vance responded: \u201cEverybody\u2019s always trying to play everybody.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

According to Vance, Trump\u2019s emerging deal was better than Obama\u2019s because the earlier deal \u2014 which Trump bolted in 2018 after fierce lobbying by Netanyahu \u2014 lacked a \u201cproper inspections regime to ensure the Iranians could never build a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is one of the big differences between what happened then and what the president of the United States would get to, assuming we are ultimately able to make a deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take the attitude of: \u2018Accomplish the president\u2019s mission, but verify over the long term that the Iranians are keeping their end of the bargain,’\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a tall order, but it\u2019s one that the president has put us in a good position to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tIranian diplomats and officials from the P5+1 powers meet in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the 2015 nuclear accord, on April 25, 2017. (AFP\/Joe Klamar)<\/p>\n

According to Vance, the Iranians \u201cdon\u2019t want this war to continue, it\u2019s not in their best interest, and I think they are coming to the table and putting some things on the table.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are of course going to verify it, but if we get this deal it\u2019s going to be a home run win for the American people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump: We\u2019re in \u2018final throes\u2019 of deal<\/p>\n

Vance\u2019s comments came after Israel and Iran exchanged fire for the first time in two months on Sunday night and Monday, tossing a wrench in negotiations for a peace deal. Both sides have since announced they would hold their fire.<\/p>\n

Iran started the round with a missile barrage on northern Israel Sunday night, after Israel targeted Iran\u2019s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah in Beirut despite agreeing last week not to strike the Lebanese capital.<\/p>\n

Trump had publicly called on Israel not to respond to the Iranian attack, and Netanyahu on Monday reportedly<\/a> called off a major strike in Iran after the US president warned him Israel would be alone in the battle.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tUS President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/p>\n

Asked, in a reported conversation with the BBC<\/a>, whether Netanyahu defied him by attacking Iran, Trump said: \u201cNo, no. That\u2019s not what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s missiles \u201chad already gone,\u201d and Israeli forces \u201cwere already on their way,\u201d by the time Trump spoke with Netanyahu late on Sunday, Trump was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I tell him to do something, he does it,\u201d Trump said, according to the BBC. \u201cAll I said was we have to use common sense, we\u2019re close to signing a very powerful deal, a very good deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also told reporters upon return from Monday night\u2019s NBA Finals game in New York<\/a> that \u201cwe\u2019re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal.\u201d The deal would take \u201ctwo or three days,\u201d he predicted.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tUS President Donald Trump boards Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on June 9, 2026. (SAUL LOEB \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

The US and Iran launched a joint bombing campaign on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize the Islamic Republic\u2019s regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.<\/p>\n

Iran responded with missile and drone strikes across the region, and by imposing a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, which in peacetime carries about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil shipments.<\/p>\n

The fighting entered a truce on April 8. Pakistani-brokered US-Iran talks on ending the war have since faltered over Iran\u2019s nuclear program and the postwar control of the strait, among other issues.<\/p>\n

Agencies contributed to this report.<\/p>\n


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