Switzerland says US-Iran talks scheduled today are not taking place

VP Vance has pulled out of planned trip to meet Iranian negotiators. This comes after report that Tehran was delaying sending its team to Switzerland due to Israel’s ongoing campaign in Lebanon.

Representational Image | An Iranian woman walks past an anti-Israeli mural, after U.S. and Iranian officials said they had reached a deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

New Delhi: Talks that had been planned for Friday between the United States and Iran at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland will not take place, according to a Swiss foreign ministry statement.

The announcement came after a White House spokesperson said overnight that U.S. Vice President JD Vance had pulled out of a planned trip to meet Iranian negotiators in Switzerland on Friday to begin talks on implementing an agreement struck between Tehran and Washington to end the war.

(Reporting by Dave Graham; Additional reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru’ Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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