High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war ended early Monday, with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week as Iran and the United States agreed to create a 'de-confliction cell' to address the fighting in Lebanon.
| Tell Hezbollah to cut it out. They insist they won’t stop fighting Israel, which means Israel cannot stop fighting them. |
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed in a post to X that 'a major reconstruction and development plan for Iran has been launched.' He also claimed that sanctions on Iranian oil have been waived and some of the country's assets had been unfrozen.
A statement from mediators Pakistan and Qatar said the cell would include the Lebanese government and would 'ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations in Lebanon.' But it remains unclear whether that will be enough to stop fighting between the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel, which occupies Lebanon and insists it must maintain a free hand to attack militants who are launching attacks into northern Israel.
| First came the endless missiles and rockets shot into Israel by Hezbollah, then Israel took a security strip to reduce the worst of it. Order of operations matters. |
Meanwhile, Iran insisted it had again shut the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf crucial to energy shipments, while the U.S. said traffic continued.
Pakistan, Qatar and Iran all have acknowledged the end of the first round of high-level talks. The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.
In his message, Araghchi said the first real test of the understandings reached would be a deconfliction method created over the fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon.
| If you wanted Israel to deconflict, you should have signed a MOU with Israel. Leaving her out means she is not bound by it, according to that international law y’all prate on about. |
The president threatened Iran to restart his bombing campaigns on the country through profanity-laced phone calls and posts on social media while Vance began negotiations. However, a US official told the Daily Mail that discussions in Switzerland are expected to continue into the night with the Qatari and Pakistani delegations serving as mediators.
Tehran officials backed out of negotiations earlier on Sunday after discussions entered a 'difficult phase' after just 80 minutes of talks, according to Iranian state media.
Tehran's chief negotiator Mohammed Ghalibaf also warned that the US should be cautious with its statements: 'We do not take American threats into account.'
'They would do better to be careful with their statements; our armed forces are ready to respond to them in a different manner. No matter what they say, we are the ones who act.'
The collapse in talks comes shortly after the US and Iran signed a fragile interim deal on Wednesday to end the war. It gives the two countries 60 days to negotiate a deal to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and establish a path forward on Iran's nuclear program.
Vance was attempting to downplay the intensity of the fighting in Lebanon during Sunday morning's negotiations, minutes before Trump renewed threats of bombing Iran if the country does not rein in Hezbollah and the militant group's strikes against Israel.
Trump disclosed that he told Iranian officials: 'You close the strait and you won't have a country.
'You won't even make it back to your f****** country ... we'll take over the rest of the country,' he added, according to Fox News.
'We may take over the Strait, if we have to. I'll blow the s*** out of them.'
In a Truth Social post, the president wrote: 'Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don't, we'll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!'
Hours before, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that Iran will maintain its right to a nuclear program.
'What is certain is that we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,' Pezeshkian said on Sunday, according to Iran's state media.
Trump also criticized Israel, saying the country 'can't do anything without blowing up buildings' in its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
| That’s what happens when all the buildings are filled to the rafters with Hezbollah ammunition and missiles, I’m afraid. Before 10/7 Hezbollah had over 200,000 missiles and rockets in storage, all aimed at Israel. Shortly after 10/7 they started shooting them off, so Israel shot back. And then the IDF started clearing out the caches… and the war tunnels underneath. It’s taking a while, but soon it will be a safe area for Lebanese children to play in. |
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Against the backdrop of the start of negotiations in Switzerland between the US and Iran (without handshakes), the Iranian leadership announced that:
1. Iran will never abandon its civilian nuclear program and uranium enrichment for peaceful nuclear purposes. The US will have to accept this.
2. Iran expects $6 billion in frozen assets in the Persian Gulf countries to be unfrozen in the near future.
3. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz will never return to the state that existed before the aggression of the Epstein coalition against Iran.
4. Any negotiations with the US will necessarily be linked to demands for a complete end to Israeli aggression against Lebanon.
5. Advance notification for delivery of the pony.
In general, pressure continues to be put on Trump, who is now forced to publicly justify various concessions to Iran. Against this backdrop, Trump has issued new threats to "completely destroy Iran," "seize the rest of Iran," "take 20% of the oil in the Strait of Hormuz," and so on. Overall, it's the usual hysteria against the backdrop of an inability to move Iran's position.
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Iran's delegation leaves talks in Switzerland after Trump's threats – media
The Iranian delegation left talks in Switzerland following US President Donald Trump's threats to launch new strikes against the Islamic Republic. This was reported on June 21 by the Tasnim news agency, citing a source.
Earlier in the day, Trump said the US could launch further strikes against Iran if Islamic Republic-affiliated forces in Lebanon did not stop "causing trouble."
According to the agency, shortly after this statement by the American leader, Iranian representatives protested to the American side and then left the negotiating venue.
The US and Iran had previously signed a memorandum on ending the conflict. Negotiations on a basic agreement were expected to begin afterward. The US lifted the blockade of Iranian ports, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of global oil exports pass, was expected to be restored. Iran, however, has repeatedly stated that hostilities must cease throughout the region, including in Lebanon.
On June 21, negotiations between the two countries began in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. The Islamic Republic was represented by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The American delegation consisted of Vice President J.D. Vance, Special Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff, and businessman-envoy Jared Kushner. The main topic of the meeting was to be the full implementation of the interim agreement to end the war. In particular, the issues of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran's frozen assets were expected to be addressed.
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Iran demanded an apology from Trump to continue talks in Switzerland.
The Iranian delegation participating in Swiss talks with American representatives does not intend to continue official meetings until US President Donald Trump apologizes for the threats he made, Al Mayadeen TV reported.
According to the publication, four-party talks between the US and Iran, with the participation of mediators, are on the verge of collapse. The Iranian delegation will not return to the talks until Trump apologizes.
The channel also indicated that Iranian negotiators are now insisting not only on an end to hostilities in Lebanon, but are also demanding the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
Earlier, the Iranian delegation walked out of talks in Switzerland after Trump threatened to launch new strikes against the Islamic Republic. The American leader stated that the United States could launch further strikes against Iran if Islamic Republic-affiliated forces in Lebanon do not stop "causing problems."
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The US delegation, led by JD Vance, entered the meeting arena first. This was strange, because the party that claims to be the upper hand typically arrives last.
Shortly after, the Iranian delegation arrived. They greeted the mediator, Pakistani PM… pic.twitter.com/9BZ8zOJYrR
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Shipping slows after Iran says it has again shut the Strait of Hormuz
[IsraelTimes] The number of ships that passed through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply on Sunday after Iran announced it had again closed the waterway, claiming Israeli and US violations of the interim US-Iran peace deal, shipping data shows.
Five vessels passed the strait on Sunday, compared with 26 ships spotted a day earlier, data from analytics firm Kpler shows. These included three Very Large Crude Carriers carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi crude and fuel oil each, one of which was heading to Japan. The data may exclude vessels that switch off their transponders while travelling in the Gulf.
Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday declared the waterway shut once again in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon, after opening it under the MOU. The US military said commercial vessels were still operating.
Among the ships that exited the strait on Saturday, three of them were VLCCs carrying crude from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq while there were also three tankers carrying various oil products, the data shows.
A total of 13 ships entered the strait on Saturday, including two VLCCs, the data shows.
Gulf producers Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Kuwait Petroleum Corp have issued tenders selling crude with the option of loading from inside and outside the Strait of Hormuz.