BÜRGENSTOCK, Switzerland, June 21 (ANI): Talks between Iran and the United States are set to begin Sunday after both delegations arrived at the Swiss mountain resort of Bürgenstock.
The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post on X, “The U.S. delegation, led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Iranian delegation, led by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and the mediators, Pakistan and Qatar, have arrived at the Bürgenstock. Talks between the parties are set to begin today.”
Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, according to a military source cited by the Iranian media outlet Fars News Agency.
Follow-up reports from military sources cited by Fars indicated that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy is not issuing permits for vessel passage until further notice.
The agency reported that the move is the first response to what it described as a “breach of promise.” It added that if the aggression continues, further measures will be planned and implemented to compel the other side to fulfill its commitments.
The closure comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Bürgenstock during the Iranian delegation’s first official engagement in Switzerland. The meeting reflected continued diplomatic consultations on bilateral and regional issues.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, became involved in a heated exchange with the UN’s special representative for children and armed conflict, Vanessa Frazier, after she interrupted his remarks during Friday’s meeting regarding allegations that Israeli soldiers and settlers committed sexual violence against Palestinians.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on X, “This shameful exhibition of arrogant defiance—against reason, law, morality, and justice—is yet another inevitable result of the absolute impunity bestowed upon an apartheid terrorist regime by its enablers. This regime continues its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people and throughout the region with utter disregard for all civilized norms. It is long past time for the world to rise and confront this grave, unprecedented threat to peace and humanity.” (ANI)
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