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Maya Yang

JD Vance claims US ‘very close’ to peace deal with Iran

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JD Vance at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last month. Photograph: Getty Images

The US-Israel war on Iran could conclude in a week or a few months, JD Vance, the US vice-president, said in an interview, hours before US forces launched retaliatory strikes against Iran, in response to the downing of the Apache helicopter near the strait of Hormuz a day earlier.

In a new interview with CBS, taped early Tuesday and set to air later this week, Vance claimed the US was “very close to achieving” a peace deal with Iran, adding that it could “absolutely” come before the midterm elections.

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