The negotiations were allegedly interrupted after the Iranian delegation protested new threats by President Donald Trump
Negotiations between the US and Iran, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, commenced on Sunday in the Swiss lake resort of Burgenstock. The meeting is the first round of talks aimed at reaching a final settlement to the war in line with a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this week.
The US was represented by Vice President J.D. Vance, as well as President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
The Iranian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf, included the head of the Iranian central bank, the deputy oil minister, and the chairman of the National Iranian Oil Company.
The talks were initially scheduled for Friday but were postponed after Israeli attacks on Lebanon. According to the Iranian Mehr news agency, Sunday’s negotiations were also halted some 80 minutes into the meeting, after Trump threatened to “hit Iran very hard again.”
What does Iran say?
According to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, the talks focused on ending the continued conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, as well as on lifting sanctions on Iranian oil exports and releasing the Islamic Republic’s frozen funds.
Hamid Bovard, the CEO of the Iranian state oil company, told IRIB news agency that the issue of oil exports was being “seriously pursued” at the meeting, adding that “nearly half of the country’s monthly oil exports have been shipped abroad” in “recent days.” A member of the negotiating team also reportedly stated that a draft proposal on temporary sanctions waivers for Iranian oil and its derivatives had been “completed.”
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