US vice-president’s bid to secure a rapid peace deal with Iran is being complicated by Donald Trump’s combative rhetoric

JD Vance arrived in Switzerland with his pregnant wife Usha Vance on Sunday and was also accompanied by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for Sunday's talks.

Vance and U.S. negotiators met with Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a Swiss mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne.

US Vice President JD Vance had said President was ready to 'turn over a new leaf' with Tehran

The vice president tried to justify his boss’s threats to “hit Iran very hard again.”