Certain developments, including Israeli strikes in Lebanon, could complicate talks meant to advance an interim US-Iran deal to end their war.
US Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (File photos: AFP)
21 Jun 2026 05:02PM
(Updated: 21 Jun 2026 05:15PM)
BUERGENSTOCK: Peace talks led by United States Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf were set to begin on Sunday (Jun 21) morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as both nations seek a durable end to their war while disagreeing over Iran's claim that it had closed the vital Strait of Hormuz.The US and Iran had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire for the negotiations, but Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday declared the Strait of Hormuz shut in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon, although the US military said commercial vessels kept operating.
