‘We have no trust in the other side’: Iran blames US as talks end with no deal
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Tehran’s lead negotiator hits out at Washington after Islamabad talks, while Vance says sticking point was lack of nuclear commitments.

J.D. Vance said on Sunday that the US and Iran had failed to reach an agreement after marathon negotiations in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. “We have been at it now for 21 hours, and we’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That’s the good news,” the US vice-president told a press conference. “[The] bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran, much more than that, it’s bad news for the United States of America.” He added that…

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  • apparia@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 hours ago

    “[The] bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran, much more than that, it’s bad news for the United States of America.”

    (emphasis mine)

    This is a pretty significant misquote. The actual quote is[1]:

    The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it is bad news for the United States of America

    With completely the opposite meaning.