Vance: Iran deal could be next week, or months from now

US Vice President JD Vance repeats the claim that Washington is “very close” to a deal that would address Iran’s nuclear program “for the long term.”

“I think we’re going to know a lot before the [November] midterm elections,” he tells CBS News. “Look, I think that the deal could happen in the next week, but the deal could also happen months from now.”

Vance makes the comments in an interview that is set to be aired in full on Sunday.

“Right now, I feel that we are in a position to get a deal that is good for the United States economically and that really does deal with the Iranian nuclear program, not just now, not just while Donald Trump is president, but for the long term, to where my kids can say when they’re adults, ‘Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon,'” Vance says.

“That’s the goal of the policy. And I think we’re very close to achieving that goal. But we still got some wood to chop. We’re going to keep doing it,” he says.