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Vance and Iranian officials arrive in Switzerland to launch talks on Tehran’s nuclear program 20%
By AAMER MADHANI68% SEUNG MIN KIM55%
6/21/2026, 4:01:05 AM
Topics: Iran, Nuclear Negotiations, Switzerland, United States, Middle East, International Relations, Diplomacy
Keywords: Steve Witkoff, Iran War, Jared Kushner, Iran Government, Donald Trump, Jd Vance, Switzerland, Shehbaz Sharif, Masoud Pezeshkian, Tehran, Lebanon, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Hezbollah, Energy Industry, Iran Vance Trump Nuclear Negotiations, Military And Defense, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Oil And Gas Industry, Iran, Politics, Abbas Araghchi, Ignazio Cassis, International Agreements, Government Programs, Barack Obama, Usha Vance, Rafael Grossi, Benjamin Netanyahu, War And Unrest, Esmail Baghaei
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OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) — U.S.
Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to formally launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, build out the fragile interim deal to end the war in Iran and keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Yet only days after signing the agreement, it is being stress-tested after fighting escalated in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah — and by the subsequent announcement by Iran’s military that it had again closed the vital waterway that transits one-fifth of the world’s traded oil and natural gas.
A renewed ceasefire in Lebanon, brokered on Saturday, appeared to be holding up.
“What’s up, man!
Good to see you,” Vance said as he warmly greeted Munir, who serves as Pakistan’s army chief.
Sharif met separately with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is leading Tehran’s delegation, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.
Araghchi met separately with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on the sidelines of the gathering.
The agency had monitored the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated between the U.S. and Iran under the Democratic Obama administration.
Trump, a Republican, withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018.
But Iran’s president added that Iran will maintain its right to a nuclear program.
“What is certain is that we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, according to Iran’s state media.
Separate meetings kick off first
Vance first sat down for talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, who has served as a key intermediary between Washington and Tehran throughout the conflict.
But only days after signing the agreement, it is being stress-tested after fighting escalated in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah — and by the subsequent announcement by Iran’s military that it had again closed the vital waterway that transits one-fifth of the world’s traded oil and natural gas.
A renewed ceasefire in Lebanon, brokered on Saturday, appeared to be holding up.
Sharif met separately with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who is leading Tehran’s delegation, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
A delayed meeting is now back on
Vance had originally been slated to be on the ground at the Bürgenstock resort near Lucerne on Friday, but his departure from the United States was delayed after fighting escalated in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah — and by the subsequent announcement by Iran’s military that it had again closed the vital waterway that transits one-fifth of the world’s traded oil and natural gas.
A renewed ceasefire in Lebanon, brokered on Saturday, appeared to be holding up.
U.S.
Central Command disputed Iran’s claim that it had once again shuttered the strait and said U.S. forces continued to monitor the situation to ensure traffic continues to flow through the waterway.
Vance has said that millions of barrels of oil have moved through the strait in recent days.
Vance departed the U.S. just after Iranian state TV said Iran’s negotiators had arrived in Switzerland.
The vice president was joined by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, for Sunday’s talks.
Witkoff and Kushner were on the ground in Switzerland ahead of Vance to begin sifting through the technical details of the nuclear talks.
Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, arrived at Emmen Air Base outside Lucerne just before 6 a.m. local time, according to his office.
While Vance said he planned to be in Switzerland for just “a day or two,” leaving much of the detailed negotiations to be spearheaded by Witkoff and Kushner, his role in the talks has heightened scrutiny of the vice president at a time when he’s actively considering a 2028 presidential campaign.
The deal has stirred much controversy
Trump and Vance have come under searing criticism from parts of their own party for the deal, with Republican hard-liners unfavorably likening it to a nuclear agreement signed by the Obama administration that Trump and the GOP have insisted did nothing to actually terminate Iran’s nuclear program.
The agreement signed by Trump and Iranian President Pezeshkian immediately allows Tehran to sell its oil freely and paves the way for Iran to tap into billions of dollars in assets that are currently frozen.
It also calls for Iran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, believed to be buried under nuclear sites that were targeted in U.S. strikes last summer.
The agreement says commercial vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days without a charge, but does not preclude future fees imposed by Iran.
Trump made his own threat on Saturday to levy U.S. tolls on the strait if there is no deal with Iran in 60 days, insisting in a social media post that the money would be for “services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East.”
Further complicating matters, neither Israel nor Hezbollah is a signatory to the deal between the U.S. and Iran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep his forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated.
Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon.
Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the initial days after the agreement between the U.S. and Iran killed 47 people in Lebanon, as well as four Israeli soldiers.
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Kim reported from Washington.
Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
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