Washington DC, June 18 -- US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended the newly signed 14-point peace deal between the United States and Iran, asserting that the agreement has already neutralised immediate threats while setting the stage for a long-term diplomatic resolution.

Addressing the press at the White House, Vance provided a blunt assessment of the military outcomes achieved prior to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. He confirmed that the administration's military campaign had successfully dismantled Iran's critical infrastructure.

"We destroyed a substantial number of their ballistic missiles and their ballistic missile launchers themselves. The nuclear weapons program is destroyed. It is gone," Vance stated, ...