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OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Sunday is meeting with top Iranian officials as the White House looks to build out the interim deal to end the war<\/a> in Iran reached by the two sides last week.<\/p>\n

Vance is holding talks with parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf<\/a> and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, at a Swiss mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne. Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar were also in the room for the direct engagement.<\/p>\n

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