Vance and Iranian negotiators are in Switzerland to work on details of deal
US and Iranian negotiators in Switzerland on Sunday for discussions to resolve important details provisional agreement to terminate Iran war.
A team led by the Vice President of the United States J.D. VanceIranian negotiators, including Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, will meet with Iranian negotiators led by the Speaker of the House Muhammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Pakistani envoys as well as Qatari mediators are present at the technical level talks to end the conflict that started in late February.
Vance said he was optimistic that progress would be made in the negotiations. Iran’s nuclear program and a ceasefire in southern Lebanon.
On the eve of the talks, Tehran announced that it was closing the negotiations. Strait of Hormuz Once again upon Israel’s ongoing attacks Military operation in Lebanon. interim agreement This agreement between the United States and Iran aims to stop the conflict on all fronts, including Lebanon, and demand that Iran’s billions of dollars in assets not be frozen.
US President Donald Trump America has threatened to impose a toll on the strait if a final agreement is not reached with Iran within 60 days. The interim agreement calls for free travel for 60 days through the waterway vital to the world’s oil supply.
Here is the latest situation:
A temporary lull in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
While US-Iran talks are set to begin in Switzerland, a ceasefire appears to be continuing in Lebanon.
The ceasefire came after intense clashes in which Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported more than 50 people had been killed in Israeli attacks since the agreement was signed on Thursday. Five Israeli soldiers were also killed over the weekend.
Israel announced on Saturday that it had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, including the tunnel network in the southern Lebanon town of Kfar Tebnit.
But on Sunday morning, residents in southern Lebanon reported a lull in Israeli attacks. There was no information from Israel that Hezbollah opened fire.
The Israeli military was instructed to maintain a ceasefire and said it was acting solely for defensive purposes, according to an Israeli military official who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with military instructions.
—Melanie Lidman, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pakistani mediators are also on duty in Switzerland
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir are also in Switzerland for high-level US-Iran talks, the prime minister’s office said, without giving further details.
The technical-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort near Lucerne, Switzerland, are being held after Sharif sent his special envoy, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, to Tehran to persuade Iranian officials to send a delegation to Switzerland. The meeting was originally planned to be held on Friday but was postponed due to concerns raised by Iran.
Naqvi then informed Islamabad that Iran was willing to participate in the talks. Pakistan later conveyed the development to Washington.
Strait of Hormuz is difficult again
The strait emerged as a key focal point, with Iran’s joint military command saying on Saturday that the strait had been closed again because the US had “clearly violated its commitments” by not ending the war. The interim agreement means a halt to hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting the militant Hezbollah group.
The US opposed Iran’s announcement; U.S. Central Command said traffic continued to flow and 55 merchant ships passed through on Saturday carrying more than 17 million barrels of oil.
Following the signing of the US-Iran interim agreement last week, ships began transiting. The US lifted the blockade of Iranian ports and now allows Tehran to sell its oil freely; These conditions have caused some in the US Congress to raise questions. Was the war worth it?.
Interim agreement signed between Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian It gives negotiators 60 days to reach a nuclear deal, but that period can be extended.
