Pence On Iran Deal: “I Just Don’t Trust The Iranians”

Mike Pence warned against trusting Iran after the reported agreement with Tehran, saying his concern is not with President Donald Trump’s intentions, but with the Iranian regime itself.

Reuters reported that the emerging agreement includes a ceasefire framework and the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, while key questions about Iran’s nuclear program remain unresolved.

Pence Warns Against Iran

“Right now, my concern is not about the president’s intentions,” Pence said. “I think the president has earned a great deal of trust from the American people. I just don’t trust the Iranians.”

The line cut to the center of the debate. Pence was not attacking Trump or questioning his commitment to American strength. Instead, he focused on the danger of trusting a regime that has spent decades threatening Israel, funding terror groups, and challenging the United States across the region.

That distinction matters. For many pro-Israel Americans and Jews around the world, the fear is not that Trump wants a weak deal. The fear is that Tehran will use any agreement to buy time, preserve its leverage, and rebuild its threat network.

Pence’s warning therefore framed the issue as a matter of national security, not political rivalry. The question is not whether diplomacy sounds good. The question is whether Iran gives up the tools it uses to threaten Israel, America, and the free world.

“No Deal Is Better”

Pence argued that Washington should not accept a weak agreement with Tehran simply for the sake of reaching a deal.

“No deal is better than a bad deal,” he said.

He then pointed to the core issues that have long concerned Israel and many of its allies: Iran’s nuclear program, its missile program, its threats to strategic waterways, and its funding of terrorist organizations across the region.

For Israel, those are not abstract policy questions. They are the machinery of Iran’s war against the Jewish state. Tehran does not threaten Israel through one channel alone. It builds nuclear pressure, arms missile networks, funds terror proxies, and uses maritime chokepoints as leverage.

That is why Pence’s warning carries weight. His concern is not only that Iran might violate an agreement later. It is that a weak deal could leave the regime with the same tools it uses to threaten Israel, the United States, and the entire region.

In Pence’s view, unless Iran dismantles those threats, the United States should allow its armed forces to “finish the job.”

A Pro-Israel Voice

As vice president, Pence was one of the Trump administration’s most visible pro-Israel voices. In Jerusalem, he visited the Western Wall with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and later spoke at Yad Vashem, where he emphasized the need to stand against Iran.

Pence’s warning therefore carries political and moral weight. It supports Trump’s strength while also insisting that Iran must not receive relief without surrendering the tools it uses to threaten Israel, America, and the region.

For millions of people watching from Israel and the Jewish world, that is the central fear: not diplomacy itself, but a deal that leaves the regime armed, funded, and free to rebuild.