Vance Claims US 'Destroyed' Iran's Nuclear Programme
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- Vance claimed the US has "destroyed" Iran's nuclear programme and degraded Iran's military capability.
- Iran is demanding US compensation and an end to the naval blockade as preconditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Why it matters: Vance's declaration frames the military phase as effectively won, yet Iran's conditional demands — compensation and lifting the blockade — show Tehran is still bargaining from a stated position of degradation, signaling the dispute is shifting from battlefield outcomes to diplomatic leverage where the US's claimed victory meets Iran's transactional asks.
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