Vance Says Tehran Can’t Have Nukes as US-Iran

US Vice President J. D. Vance on Tuesday (April 14, 2026) said President Donald Trump was clear that Iran should not possess any nuclear weapons and was working to enforce these police.

Meanwhile, the US and Iran gave the peace talks mediator “in principle agreement” to extend the ceasefire beyond the two weeks to allow more time for diplomacy.

But satellite images showed that Iran was restoring the underground missile sites hit by the US and Israeli airstrikes during the 37-day conflict before the temporary ceasefire announced by the two sides.

At an event in the US, Vance said the talks with Iran were progressing, but Trump was looking at a larger agreement than just stopping the war.

“The president set a policy; that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and right now, we are negotiating to make sure that very thing happens,” Vance said.

“Right now, this ceasefire is holding. The President doesn’t want to make a small deal. He wants to make a grand bargain,” he said.

Meanwhile, an official involved in the mediation between the US and Iran told an American publication that the two nations had given an “in principle agreement” to extend the ceasefire to allow more talks to happen on the peace plan.

The official said talks were progressing on resolving differences between the two sides on Iran’s nuclear programme, the Strait of Hormuz blockade, and reparations for the wartime damage.

However, there was still no clarity whether the ceasefire would be extended, as an American official later denied there was an agreement on prolonging the pause in the war.

As diplomacy was taking shape to bring the US and Iran to the negotiating table for the second time, satellite imagery showed Tehran was working to restore the damaged underground missile bases, making use of the ceasefire.

While the US and Israeli airstrikes had bombed several sites and damaged the nuclear and missile infrastructure for 37 days from February 28, Iran was using the ceasefire to restore the facilities, according to Western media reports.

Citing intelligence assessments using satellite images, the reports claimed Iran was quickly repairing the damaged missile sites, in some cases within hours.