{"id":16868,"date":"2026-06-22T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16868"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:31:41","slug":"vance-says-talks-in-switzerland-with-iranian-officials-set-good-foundation-for-a-deal-to-end-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16868","title":{"rendered":"Vance says talks in Switzerland with Iranian officials set \u2018good foundation\u2019 for a deal to end war"},"content":{"rendered":"

By AAMER MADHANI, JAMEY KEATEN and SEUNG MIN KIM<\/strong><\/p>\n

OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 Vice President JD Vance said Monday peace talks with Iran had created a \u201cgood foundation for a successful final deal\u201d to end the war that began at the end of February.<\/p>

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\u201cThe final deal is the house,\u201d Vance told reporters. \u201cWe set the foundation. We haven\u2019t built the house, but we\u2019ve laid a successful foundation to get to a good place for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vice president noted that Iran\u2019s team did threaten to walk out of the talks, but he defended social media posts by U.S. President Donald Trump that had caused Iranian officials to feel offended.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we told the Iranians yesterday is when you guys engage in what us millennials might call \u2018trash talk,\u2019 you can\u2019t expect the president of the United States not to respond and not to correct the record,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

OBBUERGEN, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 Vice President JD Vance and Iran\u2019s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Monday wrapped up a lengthy round of initial talks aimed at solidifying a permanent end to the war between the countries.<\/p>\n

The mediation effort in Switzerland, which started Sunday and stretched into the early hours of Monday, had rocky moments. But the talks also led to some agreements between the two sides.<\/p>

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In a joint statement, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said that while the high-level engagement had ended, technical negotiations would continue in Switzerland this week.<\/p>\n

Vance was expected to make remarks from the resort at 1 p.m. local time, his office said.<\/p>\n

The mediators hailed what they called \u201cencouraging progress\u201d made during the talks. A senior U.S. diplomat claimed progress on multiple fronts, including the establishment of \u201cmechanisms\u201d to ensure the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy shipments, remains open and that a ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon holds.<\/p>\n

Yet the talks between the United States and Iran were jolted by blistering statements from U.S. President Donald Trump, who, from thousands of miles away from the Swiss negotiating venue at a mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne, was firing off comments that offended the Iranians.<\/p>

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