The\u00a0mediation effort in Switzerland,<\/a>\u00a0which started Sunday and stretched into the early hours of Monday, had rocky moments. But the talks also led to some agreements between the two sides.<\/p>\n The vice president also suggested that the U.S. administration could agree to unfreeze Iranian assets for purchases of U.S. soy, corn and wheat.<\/p>\n He said that Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump and one of the lead U.S. negotiators, came up with the idea with officials from Qatar.<\/p>\n US Vice President JD Vance prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday June 21, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini\/Keystone via AP)\n<\/p>\n From left, US Vice-President JD Vance, Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif and Premier minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, at the Buergenstock resort resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Urs Flueeler, Pool Photo via AP)\n<\/p>\n Show Caption<\/p>\n 1 of 2<\/p>\n US Vice President JD Vance prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday June 21, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini\/Keystone via AP)\n<\/p>\n Expand<\/a><\/p>\n Vance said Qatar would have approval over the process, but Iranian money that would be accessible as sanctions were lifted \u201cwould actually go to buy American soy, American corn and American wheat for the benefit of the Iranian people.\u201d<\/p>\n In a joint statement, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said that while the high-level engagement had ended, technical negotiations would continue in Switzerland this week.<\/p>\n Vance was expected to make remarks from the resort at 1 p.m. local time, his office said.<\/p>\n The mediators hailed what they called \u201cencouraging progress\u201d made during the talks. A senior U.S. diplomat claimed progress on multiple fronts, including the establishment of \u201cmechanisms\u201d to ensure the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz<\/a>,\u00a0a vital waterway for global energy shipments<\/a>, remains open and that a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon holds.<\/p>\n Yet the talks between the United States and Iran were jolted by blistering statements from\u00a0Trump<\/a>, who, from thousands of miles away from the Swiss negotiating venue at a mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne, was firing off comments that offended the Iranians.<\/p>\n Iranian state media said talks had paused after the \u201cpublication of an insulting message by the U.S. President,\u201d according to Iranian state media.<\/p>\n Ultimately, the Iranians remained on site and negotiations continued, according to the senior U.S. diplomat, who was not authorized to comment publicly and briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n Iranian state television reported Monday that the Iranian delegation had left the summit site to head to the airport in Zurich to fly back to Tehran.<\/p>\n Trump didn\u2019t attend what was dubbed the \u201cLake Lucerne Summit,\u201d but his presence certainly loomed large.<\/p>\n Ahead of the talks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had vowed to \u201cnever back down from the right to enrich uranium,\u201d according to state media.<\/p>\n Trump on Sunday told Fox News in a phone interview that Pezeshkian should watch what he says and also threatened to take over Iran, according to one of the news channel\u2019s correspondents.<\/p>\n Trump also continued to issue warnings against Iran on social media, posting as negotiators worked: \u201cIran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don\u2019t, we\u2019ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear when Vance will depart Switzerland. Trump envoys Kushner and Steve Witkoff are handling many of the technical details on behalf of the U.S. delegation.<\/p>\n Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that Pakistani and Qatari mediators\u00a0delivered \u201cmajor progress to end the Lebanon War<\/a>.\u201d But, he added, the first \u201creal test\u201d of negotiations would be whether the mechanism succeeded in halting the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n The senior U.S. diplomat said among the issues discussed was Iran\u2019s messaging as it related to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran\u2019s military said it closed Saturday in response to continued fighting in Lebanon. U.S. Central Command has disputed that Iran closed the strait again.<\/p>\n The interim deal<\/a>\u00a0to end the fighting in Iran, signed last week by the leaders of the U.S. and Iran, also sets a 60-day period for negotiators to settle the future of\u00a0Tehran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>\u00a0amid concerns that it wants to use it for military purposes, a claim Iran denies. The fate of frozen Iranian assets, among other thorny issues, are also on the agenda.<\/p>\n Though the talks will encompass a vast array of complex matters, Iran has insisted on first addressing the fighting in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s renewed ceasefire in Lebanon appeared to be holding, and Israel\u2019s military said it would lift movement restrictions for residents near the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday morning. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah is a signatory to the U.S.-Iran deal.<\/p>\n There was cautious calm Monday in Lebanon, with no Israeli strikes reported overnight after a quiet Sunday. Hezbollah likewise has not announced any attacks on Israeli forces since Saturday.<\/p>\n The lull in fighting in Lebanon is the longest since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2.<\/p>\n Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press reporters Abby Sewell in Beirut, David Rising in Bangkok and Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By AAMER MADHANI, JAMEY KEATEN and SEUNG MIN KIM OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 Vice President JD Vance said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,5649,2247,17,6405,5031],"class_list":["post-89678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran-war","tag-jd-vance","tag-switzerland","tag-us-iran-deal","tag-us-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116793645987310872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Vice](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Switzerland_Iran_US_Negotiations_2_22__57a3cc.jpg\"\/)
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