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Switzerland says US-Iran talks planned for Friday are off

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An Israeli flag hangs from a damaged building in a village inside south Lebanon close to the border as seen from northern Israel, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu
An Israeli flag hangs from a damaged building in a village inside south Lebanon close to the border as seen from northern Israel, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu Gil Eliyahu Reuters

Talks that had been planned for Friday between the United States and Iran at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland will not take place, according to a Swiss foreign ministry statement.

The announcement came after a White House spokesperson said overnight that U.S. Vice President JD Vance had pulled out of a planned trip to meet Iranian negotiators in Switzerland on Friday to begin talks on implementing an agreement struck between Tehran and Washington to end the war.

(Reporting by Dave Graham; Additional reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru' Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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This story was originally published June 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM.

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