Twenty-one hours of back and forth leave US and Iran far apart
US Vice-President JD Vance was a difficult mission, negotiating on behalf of a president whose messaging on the war has been mixed.
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US Vice-President JD Vance was a difficult mission, negotiating on behalf of a president whose messaging on the war has been mixed.
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