If Iran gives up nuclear weapons, America will make it ‘prosperous’

Canada and the United Kingdom are among the 10 countries that issued joint statement Calling for “an immediate end to hostilities in Lebanon”.

The countries are “deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis” in the Middle Eastern country.

In addition to Canada and the UK, the statement was signed by Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone and Switzerland.

His statement also condemned the killing of three UN peacekeepers in Lebanon in March.

The United Nations released preliminary findings last week into the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers. They found that both attacks were likely carried out by an Israeli tank projectile as well as an improvised explosive device placed by Hezbollah.

US Vice President JD Vance has said that mistrust between Iran and the United States cannot be resolved overnight.

But Iranian negotiators wanted to reach a deal, he said Tuesday evening.

Earlier on Tuesday, President Donald Trump had suggested that talks between Iran and the US could resume within the next two days.

Vance led the US delegation to the first round of talks in Pakistan last weekend. The talks ended in apparent failure after less than a day.

However, on Tuesday, Vance said he “feels pretty good about where we are.”

Vance said, “Obviously, there’s a lot of mistrust between Iran and the United States. You’re not going to solve that problem overnight.”

Vance also said that Trump did not want to make “a small deal”, but a “big deal”.

According to Vance, Trump was telling Iran: “If you guys commit to not having nuclear weapons, we’re going to make Iran rich.”

The US Vice President said, “This agreement will make Iran prosperous and included in the world economy.”

An Iranian student convicted in France has been released from a French prison and has come to Iran.

In February 2026, Mahdieh Esfandiari was sentenced to four years in prison for glorifying terrorism in anti-Israel social media posts.

Esfandiari was released from French custody last week after Tehran allowed two French citizens to leave Iran. Both of them were accused of spying for France and Israel. Paris has rejected the allegations as baseless.

Cecil Kohler and Jacques Paris were detained in Iran from May 2022.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is “very likely” that talks between Iran and the United States will resume.

Guterres said he met Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday, without giving further details.

Pakistan hosted unsuccessful US-Iran talks over the weekend. In the following days, Pakistani leaders said they were not giving up efforts to help end the conflict.

Speaking to reporters at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday evening, Guterres stressed that there was “no military solution” to the conflict and that “serious negotiations must resume.”

You join our reporting on the Iran war as President Trump has suggested that a second round of talks between Iran and the United States could take place in Pakistan “in the next two days.”

Lebanon and Israel have also agreed to direct talks after the country’s two ambassadors to the US met on Tuesday for talks brokered by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

It was the first direct diplomatic contact between the countries in more than three decades.

The US military said no ships passed through its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours. However, analysis of ship-tracking data by BBC Verify showed that at least seven ships have transited the strait since the blockade began. The BBC said four of the ships were linked to Iran, while three were not.

If you think you missed what happened yesterday, you can find out Tuesday’s Iran update was here.