Washington DC, Aug. 6 -- Describing Iran's leadership as fractured and difficult to navigate, US Vice-President JD Vance on Wednesday (local time) said talks with Tehran would be a complex process that would be "messy" and "take some time" to reach a resolution, while asserting that Washington would use military, economic and diplomatic tools to secure a favourable outcome.

In an interview with Fox News, amid renewed diplomatic engagements with Iran after a pause to hostilities following the collapse of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Vance said divisions within Iran's leadership have complicated efforts to resolve, with some factions seeking an end to the conflict while others remain committed to continuing hostilities....