These were the updates from the Israel-Iran conflict for Sunday, June 22, 2025.
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US pursuing ‘long-term settlement’ with Iran: Vance
Vice President JD Vance has claimed the US attacks had successfully set back Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, adding that Trump now hopes to pursue a diplomatic solution.
“We do not want to protract this or build this out any more than it’s already been built out. We want to end their nuclear programme,” Vance told NBC’s Meet the Press.
“We want to talk to the Iranians about a long-term settlement here,” he added.
As we’ve been reporting, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the US strikes have blown up any possibility of diplomacy.
JD Vance [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]