US Vice President JD Vance, alongside envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, has arrived in Switzerland for the opening round of nuclear negotiations with Iran, according to i24NEWS and updates from multiple Telegram sources. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to arrive later on Sunday. The talks were convened after Friday's planned session was canceled.
The first round of US-Iran nuclear talks is set to open Sunday in Switzerland, with the full American delegation now on the ground. Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner — a second Trump envoy — have arrived in the country, according to a Sunday-morning update from the Telegram news aggregator i24NEWS, whose English-language account cited multiple developments. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is also expected later in the day, reports indicate.
The talks follow a canceled Friday session. As The Zioneer reported just before 02:00 Saturday, Witkoff and Kushner initially headed to Switzerland to salvage negotiations after Friday’s cancellation. By Saturday afternoon, Witkoff had landed, and a subsequent bulletin noted that Kushner was already on site. Overnight Saturday-Sunday, Vance boarded a plane bound for Switzerland, per an unverified Telegram report. The Iranian delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and including Araghchi, was named Saturday evening, with the team designated “Minab 168.”
The talks are taking place against a backdrop of heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and an IRGC claim that the Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran’s foreign ministry has conditioned progress in nuclear talks on a ceasefire in Lebanon, though Sunday’s opening session is proceeding without that precondition verified by official channels. The delegation compositions and venue (likely the Bürgenstock resort, per Friday’s bulletin naming) are not yet independently confirmed as the session begins.
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