Iran war news LIVE: JD Vance says Tehran must make ‘meaningful’ reductions in nuclear enrichment to end war

Iran War News LIVE: US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday (local time) that Washington was now seeking “meaningful” reductions in Tehran’s enrichment capacity to meet demand and end the conflict, although the United States was unsure of Iran’s decision in the negotiations. In an interview with Reuters, he said: “If you don’t want a nuclear weapon, then why do you need 60% enriched fuel? And if you want to show a commitment not to build a nuclear weapon, don’t build highly enriched fuel. That’s a very basic problem with the threshold.”

Vance, a longtime skeptic of American involvement in foreign wars, took a leading role in negotiating a settlement to the conflict and previously managed to broker an interim peace deal in June that quickly fell apart. The war has rocked global energy markets and has now become a political liability for US President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of November’s midterms.

Oil prices rise amid storms and airstrikes that threaten supplies

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as the market considered supply cuts due to a storm headed for U.S. oil-producing regions and attacks by Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis on Saudi Arabia against increased Middle East oil supplies. Brent futures were up 93 cents, or 0.92%, at $101.51 a barrel by 00:22 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 82 cents, or 0.92%, at $90.25.

US CENTCOM Rejects Iran Media Claims of Navy Helicopter Crash in Red Sea

US CENTCOM on Tuesday (local time) rejected Iranian media reports that claimed a US Navy MH-60R helicopter crashed in the Red Sea after a state of emergency was declared. In a post on X CENTCOM, he said all US military assets and personnel operating in the region are safe and accounted for.

Trump says he will ‘end’ Iran war either ‘in a nice way or not so nice way’

Trump said on Tuesday (local time) that the Iran war would end, adding that the only question was whether it would happen in a “nice way” or a “not-so-nice way”, claiming that Iran’s military had been severely weakened.

In a speech at Sparrows Point, Maryland, where he announced construction of a new shipyard as part of efforts to expand the US naval industrial base, Trump said the US was doing “extremely well” in Iran, while calling the Islamic Republic a former “tyrant of the Middle East”.

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