The Iranian negotiating team left the venue in protest after President Trump warned that the US would hit Iran 'very hard' if its proxies in Lebanon continue hostilities. Iran's Fars and Tasnim news agencies report the walkout has thrown the talks' future into uncertainty. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the IRGC Navy says.
The Iranian delegation walked out of the U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland Sunday evening, collapsing the session minutes after President Trump posted a new threat on Truth Social. The walkout was first reported by Tasnim News around 20:10 Jerusalem, which cited a source close to the team, and was quickly corroborated by al-Manar and al-Mayadeen. The IRGC Navy confirmed shortly after that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, with no permits issued for passage.
This is the latest escalation in a thread The Zioneer has tracked since Sunday 16:54, when Trump first posted that Iran must stop Hezbollah 'immediately' or face even stronger U.S. strikes. By 20:10, the initial wire reports—from Tasnim and Fars—said the delegation had left the venue entirely; a clarification published at the same time, citing analyst Yair Goldblatt, corrected that the team walked out of the negotiating room but did not leave Switzerland. The talks ended for the day as a result.
The walkout follows days of talks in which Iran linked any progress to an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon—as The Zioneer reported Sunday 07:33—and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran had demanded since Friday (Jun 19, 12:15 Jerusalem). Qatari and Pakistani mediators had asked Trump to write a 'conciliatory tweet' to salvage the talks, according to the batch sources, but Trump's Sunday evening post instead hardened the standoff.
What remains open: Whether the Iranian delegation will return to the negotiating table at all, or whether the talks have ended entirely. The clarification that the team remained inside Switzerland suggests a return is at least technically possible, but no further sessions have been scheduled, and an Iranian delegation member told IRIB TV that 'if the war in Lebanon is not ended, the negotiations will not continue.'
3 developments
- StrongIran says Trump threat froze negotiations in Switzerland
- ConfirmedIran threatens missile retaliation amid Hormuz closure as U.S. talks continue
- StrongAnalysis: Iran left talks not over Trump's threats but because it disbelieves them, channel argues
- DevelopingIran delegation threatens to quit negotiations if Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue
Source and signal
- Internal intake