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JD Vance has headed to Switzerland for peace talks with Iran after it claimed to have shut the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The Vice President will join Iranian negotiators at the Bürgenstock ski resort in the first face-to-face talks between the two countries since April. Also representing the Wh...
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JD Vance has headed to Switzerland for peace talks with Iran after it claimed to have shut the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The Vice President will join Iranian negotiators at the Bürgenst...
Vance joins other US officials in Zurich to hammer out peace deal terms with a battery of Tehran's leaders
The US disputed Iran's claim the waterway is shut, a move Tehran says was a response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has landed in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program
The framework was signed last week, and now top U.S. and Iran negotiators are in a 60-day sprint to reach agreement on the technical details
Vice President JD Vance said he would prioritize nuclear issues and renewed fighting in Lebanon in talks with an Iranian delegation in Switzerland. Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz faced ne...
“An emergency session to address the conflict” between Israel and Iranian proxy terrorist group Hezbollah has been scheduled for the first day of peace talks between the United States and I...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir departed early on Sunday morning for Switzerland to attend technical-level talks between Iran and the Unit...
ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance was arriving Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building ou...
Iran's military accused the U.S. of not upholding the first point in the memorandum of understanding, with Israel remaining in Lebanese territory.
Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed a 14-point deal to end the war in the Middle East.
Iranian team already at Burgenstock resort * Smotrich: IDF will remain in Lebanon for years and won’t withdraw even if US demands it, says Netanyahu agrees
From there, the job of beating up the Jewish state was left to Vice President JD Vance, who fired off a series of extraordinary insults.
President Donald Trump affirmed Saturday that any attempt from Iran to charge tolls for passage in the Strait of Hormuz would derail long-term peace talks between the two sides. He then hin...
JD Vance in Switzerland for talks with Iran as ceasefire hangs by thread
The Lebanon truce appeared fragile as Israeli forces and Hezbollah attacked each other.
A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war is due to begin, with Iranian negotiators arriving in Switzerland hours ahead of US Vice President JD Vance, even as Tehran said it was...
Iranian delegation arrives in Switzerland for US peace talks
The Lebanon truce appeared fragile as Israeli forces and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked each other.
J.D. Vance left for Switzerland Saturday evening, but not before gaggling with reporters on the tarmac and declaring that the situation in Lebanon is improving. The post JD Vance Claims ‘Th...
Iranian state television says the country’s negotiating team is going to Switzerland.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hor...
Iran's joint military command said the closure was in response to continued Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran come after the two nations signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a 60-day ceasefire.
The announcements indicated a rough start to the technical-level talks that key mediator Pakistan said will begin Sunday, with Qatari mediators also participating.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hor...
President Trump just announced that the will not allow Iran to force tolls on ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, either now or after the 60-day ceasefire deal. Here’s what he...
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon. President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose U.S. tolls on the strait.
Vance pointed to what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical trading corridor over the last 24 hours, suggesting that the strait was not closed.
Iran's joint military command said on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Iran's joint military command said on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Iran's joint military command said on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Iran's joint military command said on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Iran's joint military command said on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war.
Vice President Vance traveled to Switzerland on Saturday ahead of a first round of negotiations with Iran that's expected on Sunday at the Burgenstock ski resort. Why it matters: This will...
Vice President JD Vance departed for Switzerland from Joint Base Andrews for U.S.-Iran negotiations, as tensions between Israel and Lebanon remained high. Iran said Saturday that the Strait...
A high-level Iranian team arrived in Switzerland today for peace talks with the U.S., Iranian state media reported, as U.S. Vice President JD Vance departed Washington for meetings that Pak...
Vice President JD Vance departed for Switzerland on Saturday ahead of technical-level talks on an interim ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran that aims to permanently halt fighting, re...
Talks had been postponed because of clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again. The U.S. military says traffic is still flowing. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.
Iranian state television says the country’s negotiating team is going to Switzerland.
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