US-Iran negotiations are set to continue after discussions and clarifications surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, the ceasefire in Lebanon, and Iran’s nuclear program on the first day of talks in Switzerland.
Vance arrived in Switzerland at around 6 am local time on Sunday, where he joined Special Envoys to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the Iranian Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.
The press was dismissed at 1:14 am local time as talks were expected to continue through the night, according to a Senior US Diplomat.
“Topics of discussion have included clarifying some of the confusing messaging from Iran on the Strait and building deconfliction mechanisms to ensure the Strait will remain fully open,” the US Diplomat said.
“We have also worked through deconfliction mechanisms and enforcing the ceasefire in southern Lebanon.”
“We’ve had robust discussions on all elements of the nuclear deal. We plan to continue working through each of these issues and using today’s work as a starting point for ongoing technical talks going forward,” they added.
Earlier in the day, talks were reported by Iranian state media to have ceased after the Iranian delegation “left the negotiation venue in protest over Trump’s threats,” Barak Ravid reported. However, a diplomat who was present at the negotiations denied the story.
A diplomat attending the talks in Switzerland claims the Iranian delegation hasn’t left and talks between the U.S. and Iran are still ongoing https://t.co/oQ1UkXwqYv
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 21, 2026
The Senior US Diplomat further said, “The Vice President touched down around 6 am this morning, and our delegation has been engaged in constant meetings and negotiations since then. Contrary to rampant false reporting, the Iranians are still here, and discussions are ongoing.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf did, however, question the President’s threats, warning in a statement on social media, “They had better be careful with their statements, our armed forces are ready to respond in another way. Whatever they say, we are the ones who will act.”
Don’t they think to themselves that if their threats had any effect, they wouldn’t have reached the point of despair today? We don’t count on the threats of the Americans. They had better be careful with their statements, our armed forces are ready to respond in another way. Whatever they say, we are the ones who will act.
با خودشان فکر نمیکنند که اگر تهدیدهایشان نتیجهای داشت، به استیصال امروز نمیرسیدند؟ ما تهدیدهای آمریکاییها را به جایی حساب نمیکنیم.
بهتر است مراقب اظهارنظرهای خود باشند، نیروهای مسلح ما آمادهاند تا به نحوی دیگر پاسخشان را بدهند. هر چه حرف بزنند، این ماییم که عمل میکنیم.— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 21, 2026
President Trump threatened earlier that he’d “blow the sh*t out of” Iran, telling Fox’s Trey Yingst that he had told Iranian officials regarding the Strait of Hormuz, “You close it, and you won’t have a country,” and “You won’t even make it back to your effing country.”
Trump further doubled down on his comments yesterday, in which he floated taking over the Strait of Hormuz and charging tolls.
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