The US will continue to seek an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme regardless of whatever position Israel takes, Vice President JD Vance said on Monday.
“Thanks to what’s happened over the last few months, but really over the last year and a half, we’ve created the space necessary where the president believes, and I think that he’s right, that we can get the long-term settlement to Iran’s nuclear deal,” Vance said during an interview with Fox News.
“Now, Israel may like that, they may not like that, but fundamentally, we think this is in the best interest of the United States of America. So we’re going to keep on pursuing it, because that’s what the president of the United States was elected to do. That’s what we have to do in order to properly serve the American people,” he added.
The comments are the latest sign of a potential strain in ties between the US and Israel after President Donald Trump called on Israel not to retaliate to Iranian missile strikes on Sunday, a demand that went ignored.
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Tensions escalated on Sunday when Israel bombed the Lebanese capital of Beirut despite an ongoing ceasefire, prompting Iran to launch missiles towards northern Israel in retaliation.
