Trump hints talks could resume this week as Vance says US wants 'grand bargain' with Iran

Donald Trump has hinted that a second round of talks with Iran could take place later this week.

It follows the collapse of negotiations in Pakistan last weekend, with Washington and Tehran failing to reach an agreement over the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran's nuclear programme.

US Vice-President JD Vance acknowledged that mistrust between the two countries, spanning several decades, could not be overcome overnight, but he believed the Iranian negotiators wanted to make a deal.

He reiterated that it was the Trump's policy that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon and that negotiations to that end were taking place.

Speaking to the New York Post yesterday, Trump said peace talks "could be happening over next two days".

During an event on Tuesday, US Vice-President JD Vance said Trump wanted to make a "grand bargain" with Iran, BBC's US partner CBS News, reports.

Vance told the audience at a Turning Points USA event in Athens, Georgia, that negotiators "made a ton of progress" in Pakistan over the weekend.

But he said Trump is not looking for a "small deal" with Iran, and instead wants to strike a "Trumpian grand bargain", CBS says.

Vance noted there was a lot of mistrust between the two countries.

"You are not going to solve that problem overnight," he said, according to Reuters.