{"id":2589366,"date":"2026-04-10T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-sends-iran-a-serious-warning-as-he-departs-for-high-stakes-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:30:53","slug":"jd-vance-sends-iran-a-serious-warning-as-he-departs-for-high-stakes-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-sends-iran-a-serious-warning-as-he-departs-for-high-stakes-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Sends Iran a Serious Warning as He Departs for High-Stakes Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fjd-vance-sends-iran-a-serious-warning-as-he-departs-for-high-stakes-negotiations%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=2589366&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>Vice president J.D. Vance said the United States is prepared to talk with Iran about a peaceful future but will not tolerate delaying tactics. he traveled to Islamabad for talks aimed at turning the current fragile ceasefire into a durable agreement. He argued that if Iran negotiates in good faith, the U.S. will extend an open hand,but if Iran attempts to stall,the negotiating team will not be receptive. The New York Times reported that Steve Witkoff and Jared kushner are expected to join Vance, signaling high-level involvement in the diplomacy. Analysts described Vance\u2019s role as essential, capable of coordinating military, diplomatic, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-reverse-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"There is No Such Thing as Reverse Cancel Culture\">economic leverage<\/a>. Vance also noted that Iran has internal factions and warned that while some want a fair deal, others may undermine the truce, stressing that progress hinges on Iran taking the next steps or facing the possibility of renewed pressure or conflict.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance said America is ready to talk with Iran about a peaceful future, but said the Trump administration will have no patience with delaying tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Vance left Friday for Islamabad, Pakistan, for talks with Iran about making the fragile ceasefire that took effect Tuesday into a more durable agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the president of the United States said, if the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we&rsquo;re certainly willing to extend the open hand.&rdquo; Vance said, according to a video posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If they&rsquo;re gonna try and play us, then they&rsquo;re gonna find that the negotiating team is not that receptive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re gonna try to have a positive negotiation; the president gave us some pretty clear guidelines, and we&rsquo;ll see,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?\">@VP<\/a> departs for Islamabad, Pakistan: &ldquo;As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> said, if the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we&rsquo;re certainly willing to extend the open hand. If they&rsquo;re going to try to play us, then they&rsquo;re going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nNDGsMmId\">pic.twitter.com\/9nNDGsMmId<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2042582932477432149?\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s envoy, and Jared Kushner, Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law and a past Middle East negotiator, are expected to join Vance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/10\/us\/politics\/vance-iran-talks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s role is essential, one commentator noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because the vice president can pull all the strands together like no other cabinet member, it&rsquo;s as close to a mirror to the president as you can get,&rdquo; Philip H. Gordon, &nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national security adviser<\/a> to former Vice President Kamala Harris, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-would-a-legitimate-democratic-presidential-candidate-want-to-get-involved-in-this-chaos\/\" title=\"Why would a legitimate Democratic ...ial candidate want to get involved in this chaos?\">vice president doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have to be central to anything, but when asked to undertake an important diplomatic mission, then the vice president is hugely empowered,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Vance noted that Iran can either deal fairly or face more attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the president has struck a good deal for the American people, but fundamentally, the Iranians have got to take the next step, or the president has a lot of options to go back to the war,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to Hungary earlier in the week, Vance said Iran has factions fighting for power, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/vance-hungary-viktor-orban-reelection-trump-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why I say this is a fragile truce,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&rsquo;ve already struck,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said Trump has shown &ldquo;we still have clear military, diplomatic and, maybe most importantly, we have extraordinary economic leverage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump &ldquo;has told us not to use those tools,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s told us to come to negotiating table,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;But if the Iranians don&rsquo;t do the exact same thing, they&rsquo;re going to find out that the president of the United States is not one to mess around. 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Vance said the United States is ready to negotiate with Iran toward a peaceful future but will not tolerate delays. He traveled to Islamabad to discuss turning the fragile ceasefire into a durable agreement. He reiterated the president\u2019s stance: if Iran negotiates in good faith, America will keep an open hand; if Iran tries to stall or play games, the negotiating team will not be receptive. Vance indicated the talks should be constructive and noted the president has given clear guidelines, with the outcome to be determined. Reports say others, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may join the talks, underscoring Vance\u2019s central role. Analysts have described the vice president as a crucial diplomatic asset capable of tying together different strands of policy. Earlier remarks suggested Iran must move forward or face renewed pressure, with Vance highlighting the truce\u2019s fragility due to competing Iranian factions. He warned that while some want to negotiate a good deal, others are undermining the fragile ceasefire, and emphasized that Trump has leverage and wants progress at the negotiating table, though impatience remains if progress stalls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2589367,"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\/JD-Vance-Iran-talks.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50462,3823,32082,11860],"class_list":["post-2589366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-iran","tag-jd-vance","tag-negotiations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JD-Vance-Iran-talks.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589366","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=2589366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589370,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589366\/revisions\/2589370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}