Transcript Excerpts: JD Vance, White House Briefing (September 3, 2026)
Summary and short excerpts from CNN’s report of Vice President JD Vance’s September 3, 2026 White House briefing on Iran, with a link to the original.
Speaker: JD Vance, Vice President of the United States
Date: September 3, 2026
Venue / event: White House press briefing, Washington
Type: Press conference · Country / body: United States
Original source: CNN (report by Kevin Liptak)
Copyright status: © CNN, all rights reserved (no licence for reproduction) (see terms)
Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
Verified against source: yes, on October 3, 2026. Each excerpt was compared with a saved copy of the original page.
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Contents
- Short excerpts (Verbatim)
- Summary (paraphrase)
- Source and license
- Related coverage
- Corrections and takedowns
Short excerpts (Verbatim)
Each excerpt is copied word for word from the original source and is 50 words or fewer.
- “We’re not talking to them, and we’re not going to talk to them unless they stop shooting at commercial shipping.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “When you ask when will this end, you’re asking me a question like when will the Iranians stop shooting at ships? I think the reality is I don’t know the answer to that question.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “We’re not talking to them, and we’re not going to talk to them unless they stop shooting at commercial shipping.”
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Summary (paraphrase)
Summary (paraphrase, Peter’s World)Vice President JD Vance held a White House press briefing, mainly on the Iran conflict, as reported by CNN.
Source and license
- Original: CNN (report by Kevin Liptak) (opened and saved on October 3, 2026).
- Copyright: © CNN, all rights reserved (no licence for reproduction). Terms page: https://www.cnn.com/terms.
- Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
- Editor’s note: Excerpt only: the words are quoted from CNN’s report of the briefing. No official transcript was found; a White House video page exists.
- Editorial method: The summary is our own paraphrase and is labelled as such; excerpts are verbatim. Part of the Speech and Interview Transcripts library.
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