JD Vance insists US 'has all the cards' after Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz | ABC NEWS

US Vice-President JD Vance insists the United States is still in control of a ceasefire deal with Iran, after Tehran announced it would keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until an end to Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and attacks on the country’s south. US President Donald Trump’s second-in-command is heading to Switzerland to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. Global security expert Guy Ziv says the vice-president’s statement is ‘not credible’ and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has not only survived, but is more emboldened and hardline than before the Middle East war. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-21/iran-and-us-sign-deal-but-regime-still-paints-america-as-enemy/106814584 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #abcnewschannel