Vance Says Iran Must Curb Uranium Enrichment to End War

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Iran must make meaningful changes to its uranium-enrichment capacity to demonstrate that it will not build a nuclear weapon. In an interview disclosed on October 7, he said Washington needs concrete reciprocal steps rather than promises. Vance said U.S. officials are negotiating with Iran’s president and foreign minister but remain uncertain about how decisions are made within the country. He described preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon and wider regional nuclear proliferation as central U.S. goals, and said President Donald Trump had discussed the proliferation concern with Chinese President Xi Jinping.