CNN: ‘The Test Is if J.D. Vance Gets on a Plane,’ Deal Is ‘Nothing Without Iranians at the Table’

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ROBERTSON: “Yeah, they’re really concerned. I mean, really, really concerned. It’s like a roller coaster. I mean, that’s what I heard from one source earlier today. A lot of diplomacy going on from minister to foreign minister, prime minister to president. You know, the Field Marshal conversations with President Trump as well. So a lot of hard diplomacy going on and a real hope that the Iranians come through. The test is going to be, of course, if J.D. Vance is getting on a plane sort of early morning D.C. time. Realistically over here, that gives the Iranians until late tomorrow afternoon, late Tuesday afternoon local time here. So maybe another 12 hours or so to actually indicate whether or not they’re going to come, whether or not it’s worth J.D. Vance getting on a plane. And then I think the hope is if the negotiators, the mediators’ hope here is if they can get both sides around the table, they really hope that they can get a deal this time. And they won’t try and go for marathon 21-hour talks that they’ll try to sort of break it up. Talks are nighttime’s rest. So nobody like last time is getting irritable. It makes a deal more reachable, more manageable. That’s the aspiration. But it’s nothing without the Iranians at the table. And that is a big worry going into tonight here.”