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J. D. Vance: “No sanctions will come off unless they perform the benefit…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, Jun. 18, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 27:08

Those sanctions had stopped being effective. The blockade is what's effective. And again, that's the thing that has changed. In accordance with them opening the Strait of Hormuz, No sanctions will come off unless they perform the benefit of the bargain. And, and every sanction will come back on. Like hypothetically, let's say two years down the road, they've done what we need to see on the nuclear program and we … (27:08–27:13)

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Asserts that sanctions will only be lifted if Iran fulfills its commitments.

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