BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – APRIL 7: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at a joint press convention with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on April 7, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. Vance is supporting Orban’s bid for reelection in Hungarian parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst – Pool/Getty Images)
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Vice President JD Vance has stated the Iran ceasefire is a “fragile truce.”
The ceasefire, announced Tuesday, halted assaults on the nation for 2 weeks and triggered a aid rally in world markets.
Speaking in Hungary, Vance stated Wednesday that Iran’s international minister had responded effectively to the ceasefire however others within the nation had been “lying” in regards to the settlement.
“This is why I say this is a fragile truce,” he stated. “You have people who clearly want to come to the negotiating table and work with us to find a good deal, and then you have people who are lying about even the fragile truce that we’ve already struck.”
Vance, who has been campaigning for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reelection, stated the U.S. had “clear military, diplomatic and, maybe most importantly, we have extraordinary economic leverage” over Iran.
“The president has told us not to use those tools. He’s told us to come to the negotiating table. But if the Iranians don’t do the exact same thing, they’re going to find out that the president of the United States is not one to mess around. He’s impatient. He’s impatient to make progress,” Vance added.
U.S President Donald Trump threatened earlier this week that a “whole civilization will die” with out a deal for a ceasefire. He warned Iran needed to both reduce a deal or face huge strikes on its civilian infrastructure.
Vance added: “What the president set out to do was decimate the Iranian military, decimate their ability to wage conventional war. And that military objective … has been achieved.”
He continued: “Because of that, what the president did is he basically issued an ultimatum to the Iranians. He said, ‘open up the streets, stop trying to hold the world’s economy hostage, and we’ll engage in a ceasefire.’ And that’s exactly the agreement that we came to last night.”
