US and Iran begin talks on initial peace deal in Switzerland

The face-to-face meeting follows ongoing fighting in Lebanon and Iran's claim to have shut the Strait of Hormuz.

As Vance Offers Iran ‘Outstretched Hand’ in Talks, Trump Threatens Bombing

The administration’s split message came as the United States and Iran began a new round of nuclear negotiations in Switzerland.

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U.S. and Iranian negotiators meet in Switzerland to hash out peace plan

Vice President JD Vance arrived Sunday for talks on Iran’s nuclear program and other issues, hoping to bring a fragile peace process back on track.

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US-Iran talks in Switzerland to get under way as strait of Hormuz remains closed

JD Vance says talks aim to ‘make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue’ Middle East crisis – live updates Talks between Iran and the US aimed at building out the fragile interim deal to end the war are due to get under way in Switzerland, beset by difficulties including an Iranian decision to keep the strait of Hormuz closed in protest at Donald Trump’s inability to force Israel to end the fighting in Lebanon. The US vice-president, JD Vance, leading th...

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President Trump has threatened further attacks on Iran while Vice President Vance attended talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland on Sunday.

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Iran vows forces are ready to respond after Trump’s threat to ‘hit Iran very hard again’

Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned the United States on Sunday against making threats at the Islamic republic, vowing that “our armed forces are ready to respond”. “Don’t they think that if their threats had any effect, they would not have reached today’s state of desperation? We do not take American threats into account,” said Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf, after US President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran over its support for Hezbollah. “They would do better to be...

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US, Iran hold talks in Switzerland while Strait of Hormuz remains shut

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Trump threatens to strike Iran over support for Hezbollah as fighting continues in Lebanon

US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to strike Iran if it did not stop Hezbollah from "causing trouble," as peace talks between senior US and Iranian officials began in Switzerland. The memorandum of understanding signed Wednesday between the United States and Iran stipulates a cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. But Israeli strikes on Lebanon continued -- in response, they say, to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group at its troops. Details and analys...

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The Latest: Vance meets Iranian negotiators in Switzerland to work on details of deal

U.S. and Iranian negotiators are in Switzerland for talks to work on key details of their interim agreement to end the Iran war

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Hepburn, Chaplin and an actor who James Bond are among the star-studded list of previous visitors to the resort

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Is Strait of Hormuz open or closed? Trump's ‘takeover’ threat to Iran as Vance attends Switzerland meet

JD Vance met Iranian officials in Switzerland as US-Iran peace talks continued, but tensions flared over Iran's renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

US to ‘fundamentally transform’ Iran relations, says JD Vance amid talks in Switzerland

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt stress importance of swift conclusion to 'current phase' of US-Iran talks

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt on Sunday welcomed the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran during a Regional Four (R-4) meeting in Cairo, emphasising the importance of achieving a “swift and successful” conclusion to the subsequent phase of negotiations. The meeting came the same day as Pakistan, along with c0-mediator Qatar, hosted delegations from the US and Iran in Switzerland for high-level technical talks ironing out the details of...

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"Turn Over A New Leaf": US, Iran Begin Negotiating Peace In Switzerland

JD Vance said the goal of the talks was to "turn over a new leaf to transform our relationship with the people of Iran, and to extend an outstretched hand".

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Kremlin Skeptical That US-Iran Peace Can Be Achieved: 'Rash'

Kremlin Skeptical That US-Iran Peace Can Be Achieved: 'Rash' If there's a 'good cop, bad cop' routine happening at the Kremlin, mostly assuredly the role of bad cop always falls to Russia's former president, Dmitry Medvedev. In his maximalist and hyperbolic threats, he can be seen as the "John Bolton of the Kremlin".  With Trump's decision to wage war on Iran, Medvedev's negativity and skepticism has proven right more often than wrong. He is the latest Kremlin top official to we...

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Peace talks led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf were set to begin on Sunday morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as both nations seek a durable end to their war while disagreeing over Iran's claim tha - The Daily Star

Peace talks led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf were set to begin on Sunday morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as both nations seek a durable end to their war while disagreeing over Iran's claim tha  The Daily Star

Axis of Resistance wins historic victory, US humiliated:ILPS - Tehran Times

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Iran warns US to ‘be careful’ after Trump threat

Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday warned the United States against making threats at the Islamic republic, vowing that "our armed forces are ready to respond". The post Iran warns US to ‘be careful’ after Trump threat appeared first on Vanguard News.

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US-Iran talks to begin in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz

Direct talks between the US and Iran are set to begin in Switzerland despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel's attacks on southern Lebanon.

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