The US and Iran will hold direct talks today (Sunday) in Switzerland despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again following Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
In this connection, US Vice-President JD Vance departed Washington for the talks in Switzerland, while an Iranian delegation including parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has already arrived.
Vance said he hoped to make progress on the nuclear issue and on the Lebanon ceasefire issue. Speaking to the press before he boarded his flight, he was asked about clashes between Israel and Hezbollah and Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon and said: “Things are actually getting better there, and things are slowing down a little bit.”
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said his country would be demanding that the other side fulfil its commitments. Meanwhile, PMShehbaz Sharif, accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir left for Bürgenstock, Switzerland to participate in the high-level talks between US and Iran.
The talks aimed at implementing the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. These talks mark the first formal engagement after the signing of the Islamabad MoU on 17 June 2026.
Pakistan will continue to support and advance the implementation of the understandings reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States.
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