US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that he finds Iranian negotiators very confusing to deal with. He was responding to a reporter's question about whether he felt snubbed when Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi entered the room without greeting or shaking his hand.
In a new interview, Vice President JD Vance described Iranian negotiators as 'very confusing' to deal with. The remark came after a reporter asked whether Vance felt slighted when Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi entered a meeting room without greeting or shaking hands with him. Vance replied that he did not take offense and that his extensive experience with Iranian counterparts in recent months has left him finding them perplexing as negotiating partners.
The exchange occurred amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations, in which Vance has been personally involved alongside senior U.S. and Iranian officials. As The Zioneer previously reported, the talks have featured tense optics, including delegations avoiding handshakes and disagreements over the scope of signed agreements versus informal 'gentlemen's understandings.' Vance's latest characterization of the Iranians — as confusing — adds a personal layer to the public diplomacy, though he offered no specific examples of what he found disorienting in the negotiations.
Vance has made several statements about the talks in recent weeks, including asserting that the coming hours would determine whether U.S.-Mideast relations are permanently transformed, and acknowledging that undisclosed 'gentlemen's agreements' exist beyond the signed MOU. The current briefing is based on a single Hebrew-language post by a Zioneer correspondent, with no English transcript or independent confirmation of the full interview context.
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