US Vice President JD Vance departed Washington for meetings in Switzerland, where a high-level Iranian team has arrived for peace talks. The US and Iran agreed to a 60-day ceasefire while negotiations take place, but Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz shut on Saturday.
US and Iranian negotiators are set to start peace talks in Switzerland on Sunday, despite disputed claims about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
US Vice President JD Vance departed Washington for meetings in Switzerland, where a high-level Iranian team has arrived for peace talks. The US and Iran agreed to a 60-day ceasefire while negotiations take place, but Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz shut on Saturday. The US military, however, said commercial vessels had continued operating in the waterway.
The developments could complicate talks aimed at advancing an interim deal brokered by Pakistan and signed by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to end their almost four-month war. The IRGC warned ships would be at risk if they approached the Strait, a vital conduit for global oil and gas supplies, citing Israeli
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