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The U.S. and Iran, along with mediating parties, established a road map for reaching a final deal within 60 days during Sunday\u2019s talks in Switzerland, according to a joint statement from the mediating countries.
Sunday\u2019s high-level talks were the first discussions under the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding in B\u00fcrgenstock, Switzerland, with officials from the U.S. \u2014 including Vice President JD Vance \u2014 present alongside Iran and mediating nations Qatar and Pakistan.
Qatar\u2019s and Pakistan\u2019s foreign affairs ministries described the session in a joint statement <\/a>as \u201cpositive\u201d and \u201cconstructive.\u201d
The main success of Sunday\u2019s talks was the establishment of a \u201cHigh Level Committee\u201d with political oversight of mediation, which agreed on a road map \u201ctowards reaching a final deal within 60 days, laying the foundation for the immediate commencement of further technical talks\u201d on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, sanctions and dispute resolution, the statement said.
The talks also led to the creation of a deconfliction line between the parties and Lebanon, it said. Fighting in southern Lebanon between Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Israel has continued even as talks in Switzerland progressed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on X<\/a> that the meeting delivered \u201cmajor progress to end [the] Lebanon War,\u201d and noted progress on oil exports, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, frozen Iranian assets and major reconstruction plans for Iran.
Talks are scheduled to continue for the rest of the week.
The talks came as Tehran protested President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments potentially threatening the days-old peace.
\u201cThe Iranian delegation has expressed its protest to the American side and is now reviewing an appropriate response to Donald Trump\u2019s recent verbal threats,\u201d Iranian officials said through Iran\u2019s semiofficial Tasnim news agency translated to English, adding that \u201cany form of threat is considered a serious violation of the agreement.\u201d
It was unclear which of Trump\u2019s statements they were referring to. However, earlier Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social that \u201cwe\u2019ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!\u201d unless it stops \u201ctheir highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon,\u201d referring to Hezbollah.
And in a phone interview Sunday morning with Fox News, Trump said he spoke with the Iranians overnight, delivering a stark warning that if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. will \u201cblow the s— out of them.\u201d
\u201cYou close it and you won\u2019t have a country,\u201d Fox News\u2019 Trey Yingst reported the president\u2019s telling him Sunday morning. \u201cYou won\u2019t even make it back to your f—— country.\u201d
Told during the phone call that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran will maintain its right to enrich uranium, Yingst said, Trump responded that \u201che better watch his mouth\u201d and \u201che better shape up or we\u2019ll take over the rest of the country.\u201d
Trump described the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding as \u201cjust an option,\u201d saying, \u201cI can do whatever I want after that option.\u201d
Vance, joined at the negotiations by Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, met with a senior Iranian delegation to discuss the technical details of a memorandum of understanding signed last week.
The deal has already been tested by fighting between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah<\/a> in Lebanon, which Iran signaled would be central to the talks. \u201cThe first mandate of the negotiating delegation in Switzerland is to end the aggression in Lebanon,\u201d a spokesman for Iran\u2019s presidential office said.
Israel and Hezbollah have accused each other of violating a ceasefire in southern Lebanon with continued strikes, even as the Trump administration and Iran press for fighting to end.
Iran said Saturday that it has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, a vital waterway through which 20% of the world\u2019s oil passes, alleging ceasefire violations by Israel. The U.S. military has denied Iran\u2019s claim to control the strait.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 navy warned ships<\/a> not to approach the waterway, which Iran had committed to reopen under the interim peace deal.
After initial talks Sunday, Vance told the media that \u201cgreat\u201d progress had been made toward a future \u201cwhere everyone can work together to promote peace and prosperity.\u201d
A senior U.S. diplomat engaged in the negotiations said Sunday that they anticipated working through the night.
\u201cWe\u2019ve had robust discussions on all elements of the nuclear deal,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe plan to continue working through each of these issues and using today\u2019s work as a starting point for ongoing technical talks going forward.\u201d
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an unusual warning Sunday to unspecified voices in Iran pressing for a return to conflict.
Continuing the war \u201cis not in the interest of any individual or group,\u201d he stressed, adding that if there are \u201cinternal rifts\u201d in Tehran, \u201cthen there will be no need for Israel and America. We will destroy the country ourselves.\u201d
Amid uncertainty over whether the Strait of Hormuz is actually open, Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that there would be \u201cNO TOLLS\u201d on the strait during or after the current 60-day ceasefire, \u201cunless they are imposed by and for the United States of America.\u201d
Trump added that the U.S. could charge tolls for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, referring to the U.S. as the \u201cGuardian Angel\u201d of the Middle East.
Iran, through various officials and channels, has said the failure to implement the first clause of the memorandum of understanding means there is no agreement in effect.
A violation of Article 1, which specified that fighting must end on all fronts, including Lebanon, \u201ccalls the entire agreement into question,\u201d Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Saturday, warning that unless the other side immediately adopts the necessary measures, the memorandum as a whole will face serious difficulties.
Israel killed at least 16 people in strikes in Lebanon on Saturday, according to the country\u2019s Health Ministry, after strikes Friday killed 83. The surge in strikes followed Hezbollah attacks that killed four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Saturday that Hezbollah had breached the ceasefire and \u201claunched more than 50 projectiles toward IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon\u201d and that Israel had attacked what it described as Hezbollah targets in response. \u201cThe IDF remains committed to the ceasefire agreement,\u201d the statement said.
Hezbollah said it had adhered to the ceasefire, accusing Israel of making false claims to justify its attacks to \u201csabotage the agreement\u201d between Iran and the U.S.
Speaking to reporters before he boarded the plane to Switzerland, Vance said the situation in Lebanon had \u201ccalmed down\u201d despite news reports and added: \u201cI think we\u2019re going to hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue, hopefully make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue. Those are the two big things that I think we\u2019re going to be focused on.\u201d
The current agreement establishes toll-free travel through the strait for 60 days.
Negotiations in Switzerland are also meant to resolve some of the thorniest issues in the deal that are yet to be agreed upon, including Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>.
According to the memorandum of understanding, Iran has reaffirmed a promise not to develop nuclear weapons \u2014 which it made under the Obama administration\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
Megan Shannon is an Associate Producer for the White House Unit.
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