President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One on Monday. via Associated PressA senior BBC journalist has slapped down Donald Trump’s “utterly fanciful” claims about peace talks to end the Iran war. Lyse Ducet, the corporation’s highly-respected senior international correspondent, said suggestions that vice-president JD Vance could have face-to-face negotiations with senior Iranian officials were “just not going to happen”. “He de-escalated the situation in the sense that oil prices came down, at least temporarily, stock prices went up, and there’s many accusations now – yet to be proven – of insider trading. Advertisement“President Trump came out with these declarations that there were very strong talks taking place.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2026 14:16 UTC