A new report reveals Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite, giving it the ability to monitor US military bases in the Middle East during the recent war, including air and naval facilities.
The US President's remarks come as peace talks between Washington and Tehran are expected to resume on Thursday.
The tankers were blocked amid US President Donald Trump's blockade of Iranian ports, which aims to pressure Iran to end its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking at a Turning Point USA event, Vance described talks in Islamabad as unprecedented, adding that meetings "at that level" hadn't occurred between the US and Iran in 47 years.
Democrats have tried and failed over the past few months to pass war power resolutions to limit US President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran.
Words are one thing; actions are another. It is one thing for Erdogan to fulminate regularly against Israel. But talk of invasion?
The move by the $2.2 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, represents another step in Syria's re-entry into global finance.
"We are more inclined to go there," Trump told The New York Post, after reports surfaced of a new round of negotiations between the two countries.
"No ships made it past the US blockade, and six merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman," CENTCOM said.
Saudi officials appear to be weighing not only the direct risks in the Gulf, but also the possibility that Iran could respond through allied forces elsewhere in the region.
The closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of global Liquified Natural Gas supplies, will have a rippling impact beyond the Middle East, Maximo Torero warned.
