Iran talks leave Trump with tough decisions

After his vice president departed Pakistan without an agreement to end hostilities with Iran, President Trump’s next steps are uncertain, as 10 days remain in the ceasefire between the two sides. Speaking to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Sunday, Vice President Vance said that while talks with Iranian officials were “substantive,” the two sides were unable to reach a deal. “I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America,” the vice president remarked. Vance later said that the U.S. delegation — which included special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law — was “very clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to accommodate them on and what things we’re not willing to accommodate them on” with its Iranian counterparts. “We made that as clear as we possibly could, and they have chosen not to accept our terms,” the vice president added.  Vance and Trump, the latter of whom spoke to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, raised one sticking point in particular: Tehran’s nuclear program. The vice president said that the U.S. needs an “affirmative commitment” that the Islamic Republic will not seek a nuclear weapon and will not “seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve” that. “The simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon, not just now, not just two years from now, but for the long te…