{"id":2588204,"date":"2026-04-07T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-positive-development-in-us-iran-talks-as-clock-ticks-toward-deadline\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:00:29","slug":"report-positive-development-in-us-iran-talks-as-clock-ticks-toward-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-positive-development-in-us-iran-talks-as-clock-ticks-toward-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: &#8216;Positive&#8217; Development in US-Iran Talks as Clock Ticks Toward Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-positive-development-in-us-iran-talks-as-clock-ticks-toward-deadline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Amid an 8 p.m.Eastern deadline, reports indicate talks too avert a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-russias-air-force-incapable-of-complex-air-operations\/\" title=\"Is Russia\u2019s Air Force Incapable of Complex Air Operations?\">large-scale strike<\/a> on Iran\u2019s power plants, bridges, and broader energy infrastructure are moving forward, with Fox News citing an unnamed U.S. official who said the discussions have been positive and could yield an agreement by day\u2019s end. The piece portrays President Trump\u2019s tough stance as negotiators pursue a deal that would allow oil and gas to flow freely and keep daily life affordable. Vice President J.D.Vance frames two possible futures: (A) Iran agrees to become a normal member of the world economy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-pushes-for-iran-to-negotiate-ceasefire-deal-before-deadline\/\" title=\"Vance pushes for Iran to negotiate ceasefire deal before ...\">stops funding terrorism<\/a>,which would bring economic and regional benefits; or (B) Iran refuses to come to the table,continues its current policies,and the economic situation worsens. The article also notes warnings from Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that crossing red lines would trigger retaliation targeting regional infrastructure to disrupt oil and gas flows for years. Additional reporting from fox News and related coverage suggests the administration remains prepared to escalate if talks fail, while negotiations could still move the outcome in either direction before the deadline.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As President Donald Trump&rsquo;s deadline for a massive attack on Iran&rsquo;s power plants and bridges drew near Tuesday, one report claimed talks to avert the attacks were moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>What <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-iran-deadline-israel-hormuz-april-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> called an unnamed senior U.S. official said there was hope the talks would secure an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are absolutely in touch with [Iran]. Absolutely. [The talks] have been positive. If we get lucky, we will have something by the end of the day,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s deadline for a deal was set for 8 p.m. Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope they make the right response, because what we really want is &hellip; a world where oil and gas [are] flowing freely, where people can afford to heat their homes and cool their homes, where people can afford to transport themselves to work,&rdquo; Vice President J.D. Vance said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2041494212856647714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not gonna happen if the Iranians are engaged in acts of economic terrorism. And so they&rsquo;ve got to know that we&rsquo;ve got tools in our tool kit that we, so far, haven&rsquo;t decided to use. The president of the United States can decide to use them and will decide to use them if the Iranians don&rsquo;t change their course of conduct,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JD Vance:<\/p>\n<p>We feel confident that we can get a response from the Iranians by 8 o&rsquo;clock tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I hope they make the right response. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bMRTjVctlx\">pic.twitter.com\/bMRTjVctlx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2041494212856647714?\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During an appearance in Hungary, Vance said Iran has to make a choice, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are two pathways that this thing is&nbsp;ultimately going&nbsp;to end.&nbsp;First of all, the United States has&nbsp;largely&nbsp;accomplished&nbsp;its military&nbsp;objectives,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are still some things that we&rsquo;d like to do, for example, on Iranian ability to manufacture weapons, that we&rsquo;d like to do a little bit more work on militarily. But fundamentally, the military objectives of the United States have been completed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think there really are two pathways, and&nbsp;I&rsquo;m&nbsp;oversimplifying this a little bit, but I think pathway one is where the Iranians decide&nbsp;they&rsquo;re&nbsp;going to be a normal country.&nbsp;They&rsquo;re&nbsp;not going to fund terrorism anymore.&nbsp;They&rsquo;re&nbsp;going to be&nbsp;part&nbsp;of the&nbsp;world&nbsp;system of commerce and exchange,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And&nbsp;that&rsquo;s&nbsp;going to mean much better things for them economically.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s&nbsp;going to mean better things for the peace and safety of the world.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s&nbsp;going to mean a lot of good things for a lot of people all over the planet.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s&nbsp;option&nbsp;A,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Option&nbsp;B is that the Iranians&nbsp;don&rsquo;t&nbsp;come to the table and&nbsp;they stay&nbsp;committed to terrorism, to terrorizing their neighbors, not just Israel but of course their Arab neighbors too. Then the economic situation&nbsp;in&nbsp;Iran is going to continue to be&nbsp;very, very bad. And frankly, it will&nbsp;probably get&nbsp;worse,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president also has been very clear&nbsp;that while the Iranians are trying to exact as much economic cost through the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has the ability to extract much greater economic costs on Iran than Iran has&nbsp;an ability to extract costs on us or on our friends in the world,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking 12 hours before the deadline, Vance said, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to be a lot of negotiation between now and then, and I&rsquo;m hopeful that it gets to a good resolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a report filed around noon Tuesday, Bret Baier of Fox News said Trump is not preparing to stand down<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just got off the phone with the president and he called and I said, listen, if you were to put odds on it, what were the odds that this is going to end up being a negotiated deal? He said he wasn&rsquo;t going to put odds on it. But he said, 8 p.m. Is happening. That&rsquo;s what he said,&rdquo; Baier said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He said, it is, if we get to that point, there is going to be an attack like they have not seen. Now he&rsquo;s sticking to that at this point. Now he said if <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >negotiations move forward today<\/a> and there is something concrete, that could change. But at this hour, he didn&rsquo;t want to put odds on it. But he said it is moving forward with the plans that we have. That&rsquo;s a huge deal,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that &ldquo;if the American terrorist army crosses the red lines, our response will go beyond the region,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/trump-a-whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-if-ultimatum-for-iran-to-open-hormuz-expires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It said it will target infrastructure &ldquo;to deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America&rsquo;s regional partners should also know that until today, we have exercised great restraint for the sake of good neighborliness and have had some reservations in choosing targets for retaliation, but all these reservations have since been removed,&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Fox News cited an unnamed senior U.S. official who said discussions with Iran were ongoing and had shown positive signs, with some hope of reaching an agreement by the end of the day. The stated deadline was 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Vice President J.D. Vance also spoke, posting a message about wanting a world where energy is affordable and people can heat, cool, and travel without financial barriers, while implying that the United States has tools it could use if Iran does not change course.<\/p>\n<p>Vance later asserted that the U.S. believed it could secure a response from Iran by the deadline and expressed hope for a favorable outcome. During a visit to Hungary, he described two possible paths: one in which Iran becomes a normal country, ceases funding terrorism, and joins the global economy with economic benefits for itself and for world peace; the other in which Iran refuses to come to the table and remains committed to terrorism, leading to deteriorating conditions inside Iran. He also reiterated that the United States has the capacity to impose far greater economic costs on Iran than Iran can impose on the U.S. or its allies. About 12 hours before the deadline, Bret Baier of Fox News relayed that Trump was not prepared to back down, saying the 8 p.m. deadline was happening, though negotiations moving forward could still change that. The Times of Israel reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that if the United States crosses red lines, its response could extend beyond the region and target infrastructure to deprive the U.S. and its allies of oil and gas for years, stating that while it had previously exercised restraint for the sake of neighborliness, those restraints had since been lifted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2588205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Trump-Iran-Deadline.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77356,56678,76406],"class_list":["post-2588204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomatic-developments","tag-nuclear-negotiations","tag-us-iran-talks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Trump-Iran-Deadline.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588208,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588204\/revisions\/2588208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}