Top-level US-Iran peace talks to begin at Swiss resort with Hormuz in spotlight
By Humeyra Pamuk, Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Tolba and Steve Holland
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U.S., Iran delegations arrive at Swiss resort for talks
Mediators Pakistan and Qatar also attend, Swiss foreign ministry says
Helicopters hover over scenic mountaintop site of talks
Iran says it closed Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s Lebanon attacks
Central Command says 55 merchant ships transited strait on Saturday
BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland, June 21 (Reuters) – Peace talks led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf were set to begin on Sunday morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as both nations seek a durable end to their war while disagreeing over Iran’s claim that it had closed the vital Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. and Iran had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire for the negotiations, but Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday declared the Strait of Hormuz shut in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon, although the U.S. military said commercial vessels kept operating.
