TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed Monday that technical negotiations between Iran and the United States have begun in Switzerland.
Speaking to the official IRNA news agency, Baghaei said Iran's delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi.
The technical talks come in continuation of the high-level consultations between Iranian and US delegations held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday with the mediation of Pakistan and Qatar, IRNA reported.
Commenting on Sunday's talks, Baghaei said in a post on X on Monday that executive mechanisms were envisaged to monitor implementation of the recently signed Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with technical-level discussions set to continue.
He listed topics discussed as establishing a multi-party mechanism to end hostilities in Lebanon, Iran's oil and petrochemical exports, and the release of Iranian frozen assets.
