Vance says ‘a lot’ of Iran deal details to figure out, but U.S. has ‘all the cards’

“I think it’s a great day for the American people,” said Vance, who has been involved in negotiations with Iran throughout the war that began Feb. 28.

An official signing ceremony is set for Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. But Vance told ABC News on Monday, “We already signed the deal digitally yesterday.” The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for clarification.

The vice president told CNBC earlier Monday morning that despite the deal’s 60-day timer, “our expectation is that the strait is going to be opened in a toll-free way for the long term.”

“That’s the sort of thing that we’re going to figure out in these technical negotiations,” he said.

“There are a lot of very important details to figure out that we’re actually going to sit at the table and discuss together and figure out a path forward on these details,” Vance said.

Those to-be-determined details aren’t limited to the strait. Vance said that while Iran has “committed to destroy and dispose of their stockpile of highly enriched material,” the process for doing so has not been established.

“And what we’ve said is, OK, let’s talk about how exactly we’re going to do that,” he said.

“They want access to an unsanctioned economy. We’ve talked about, ‘OK, we’re open to that,’ but that would require a long-term commitment to the inspection and verification regime” imposed under the deal, he went on.

“So, a lot of these details are going to be figured out during those 60-day talks,” he said.

“We feel quite confident that we’re in a strong position,” he added.

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