
TRUMP SHUTS DOWN VANCE’S IRAN DIPLOMACY AS TEHRAN CLAIMS STRIKE ON U.S. RADAR IN BAHRAIN
President Donald Trump has removed Vice President JD Vance from his Iran negotiating role and declared that Washington does not currently need a deal with Tehran, exposing a significant policy split inside the administration over how to end the eight-month conflict. The move came as Iran claimed it had destroyed a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain, although the U.S. military rejected that account and said two Iranian attack drones were intercepted without causing injuries or damage. The war now appears trapped in a prolonged pressure campaign in which major fighting has eased but sanctions, maritime attacks and the possibility of renewed U.S. strikes continue to make a durable settlement uncertain.