Vice President JD Vance conceded Wednesday that the two-week cease-fire is a “fragile truce” because of “lying” Iranian leaders — as the regime rained missiles down on Gulf states.

Vance, who was speaking at an event in Hungary, insisted a deal was possible if Iran negotiated sincerely and noted Trump had already instructed his team to engage the Iranians in “good faith.”

“He’s told us to come to the negotiating table. But if the Iranians don’t do the exact same thing, they’re going to find out that the president of the United States is not one to mess around,” Vance said.

“He’s impatient. He’s impatient to make progress. He has told us to negotiate in good faith, and I think if they negotiate in good faith, we will be able to find a deal. But that’s a big if, and ultimately, it’s up to the Iranians how they negotiate. I hope they make the right decision.”

Vance cautioned the deal that the US struck with Iran was being misrepresented within the Islamic Republic, describing it as a “fragile truce.”

“You have people who are lying about even the fragile truce that we’ve already struck,” Vance said of the way talks were being twisted in Iran.

He didn’t elaborate further beyond saying the agreement included a cease-fire, plans to negotiate and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

He cautioned, too, that some parts of the Iranian system were approaching the talks constructively, but others were not.

The Vice President’s comments came as Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones on Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar just hours after the cease-fire deal was secured. 

Kuwait’s interior ministry said Iranian drones targeted key civilian infrastructure,  resulting in “significant” material damage to power generators, distilleries, and fuel tanks.

Saudi Arabian officials said it had intercepted nine drones over the past few hours, with the UAE reporting 17 ballistic missiles and 35 drone attacks early Wednesday. 

Qatar was also targeted with seven Iranian missiles and several drones, the Qatar News Agency reported, citing the defense ministry.

Meanwhile, Israel continued to attack Lebanon with some of the most intense airstrikes of the conflict so far, with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting that the cease-fire did include the fight with Hezbollah.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has suggested it would pull out of the cease-fire agreement if Israel continues its strikes against its allies in Lebanon, the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency reported.  

The Jewish state had also fired at Iran overnight in an effort to take out Tehran’s missile launch sites and launchers, the Israeli Defense Forces said.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country helped mediate the cease-fire and is hosting negotiations, called on all sides to end the hostilities and adhere to the temporary truce.   

It comes after Trump revealed late Tuesday that the US and Iran have agreed to a two-week cease-fire brokered by Pakistan.

The deal was reached just two hours before a deadline he had set for Iran to open the blockaded Strait of ‌Hormuz or face the destruction of its “whole civilization.”

Vance said the US was prepared to use “extraordinary economic leverage” to reach the deal, but Trump had instructed his negotiating team “not to use those tools.”

With Post wires