A new report indicates that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in the same room in Switzerland as U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, according to an anonymous source cited by The Zioneer. The report reinforces the unprecedented proximity between the sides during the ongoing nuclear talks.
A fresh report circulating on Sunday afternoon — citing a source described as close to the talks — states that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were all present in the same room in Switzerland. The setting is the Bürgenstock resort, the venue for the current round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations, which opened on Sunday.
This report follows a widely-shared photograph earlier Sunday that appeared to show Vance and Araghchi in the same room, which The Zioneer first flagged at 15:49. The new claim adds Kushner and Witkoff to that proximity, reinforcing the sense of direct — if still informal — contact between the delegations. The talks, which also involve Qatari and Pakistani mediators, are the highest-level face-to-face exchanges between Washington and Tehran since the 2015 nuclear deal framework.
It remains unconfirmed whether the reported meeting was a formal session or an informal encounter. Neither the U.S. nor Iranian delegations have issued statements on the matter as of 15:52 Jerusalem.
4 developments
- DevelopingIranian FM Araghchi meets Swiss counterpart Cassis
- DevelopingVance says US wants 'new leaf' with Iran, cites progress in talks
- DevelopingNo event: message contains only name of Iranian foreign minister
- DevelopingIranian Foreign Minister Araghchi discusses Iran's response with Qatari and French counterparts
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