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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...
An emergency session to address the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has been added to the schedule of the first day of the Switzerland talks, CBS News reported.
Iran's military said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to continued Israeli military strikes in Lebanon; the U.S. said it remains open.
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
ZURICH— U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building out the fragil...
ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building out the...
ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran’s nuclear program and building out the...
ZURICH (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed Sunday in Switzerland to help formally launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over curbing Tehran's nuclear program and building out the...
A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war was set to kick off on Sunday as Iranian negotiators and US Vice-President J.D. Vance arrived in the Swiss host city, even as Tehran sai...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has landed in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program
Unclear if threat has been carried out or if move will jeopardise talks with US scheduled for Sunday Iran has said it is closing the strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Leban...
Vance joins other US officials in Zurich to hammer out peace deal terms with a battery of Tehran's leaders
Iran's central military command said "the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to vessel traffic" following Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
The US disputed Iran's claim the waterway is shut, a move Tehran says was a response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
“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...
Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed a 14-point deal to end the war in the Middle East.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has landed in Switzerland to help launch negotiations with Iranian leaders over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran's military accused the U.S. of not upholding the first point in the memorandum of understanding, with Israel remaining in Lebanese territory.
4th fatality in Friday’s Hezbollah attack on tank named as Staff Sgt. Nave Habshoosh * Smotrich: IDF will stay in Lebanon for years and won’t withdraw even if US demands it; says Netanyahu...
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...
Says ceasefire likely to hold, sees no sign Strait of Hormuz is closed
The Lebanon truce appeared fragile as Israeli forces and Hezbollah attacked each other.
A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war is set to begin as Iranian negotiators and US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland.
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...
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have 60 days to reach terms under which the regime curbs its nuclear ambitions.
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...
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...
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