{"id":90086,"date":"2026-06-22T22:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/90086\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:33:30","slug":"a-crisis-defused-as-blockade-lifted-assets-to-be-returned-to-iran-after-swiss-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/90086\/","title":{"rendered":"A crisis \u2018defused\u2019 as blockade lifted, assets to be returned to Iran after Swiss talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statements from the US and Iran following <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3357821\/us-and-iranian-negotiators-arrive-swiss-restort-latest-round-peace-talks?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">talks in Switzerland<\/a> have cooled tensions that nearly derailed the peace process, signalling an intention to continue negotiations even as key issues remained unresolved, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tehran said the talks had led to the lifting of the blockade and the release of frozen assets for Iran, but that the real test remained deconfliction in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cTireless Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end Lebanon War,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cOil and petrochem exports are waived, blockade lifted, some frozen assets released, and major reconstruction &amp; development plan launched for Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He added: \u201c1st real test: Lebanon deconfliction cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, US Vice-President J.D. Vance told reporters on Monday that any unfrozen Iranian assets should be spent on American goods, such as soy and wheat, and they would be prohibited from being used to fund terrorism.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the latest statement from the summit, issued jointly on Monday by Qatar and Pakistan, Washington and Islamabad have agreed to create a \u201cdeconfliction cell\u201d to monitor the end of military operations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Statements from the US and Iran following talks in Switzerland have cooled tensions that nearly derailed the peace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[3188,45493,42348,45494,203,599,41,17,5354,714],"class_list":["post-90086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-iran","tag-iranian-foreign-minister-seyed-abbas-araghchi","tag-lebanon","tag-lebanon-war","tag-pakistan","tag-qatar","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-tehran","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116796143119469783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90086","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=90086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}