[US-Israel, Iran War Day #114] Negotiators in Switzerland for Iran-US Talks

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump warned Iran to stop supporting what he described as its “highly paid proxies” in Lebanon, saying Washington would strike Iran again if they continued “causing trouble.”
• Iranian Parliament Speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States should be careful with its statements, threatening that Iran’s armed forces were prepared to respond.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and would maintain military pressure on Hezbollah, signaling that ongoing US-Iran talks in Switzerland would not alter Israel’s security policies or constrain its freedom of military action.
• US President Donald Trump warned Iran to stop supporting what he described as its “highly paid proxies” in Lebanon, saying Washington would strike Iran again if they continued “causing trouble.”
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said he met Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Burgenstock on Sunday “to take stock of recent developments regarding Iran, the path ahead and the important role” of the UN nuclear watchdog.
• US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for peace talks with Iranian officials.
• Iranian media outlets have been instructed to avoid portraying the renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s simultaneous participation in Switzerland talks as a divide between the country’s armed forces and negotiators, according to a Supreme National Security Council directive seen by Iran International.
• Iran’s negotiating team led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has left Tehran for Switzerland ahead of technical talks with the United States, which Pakistan says will start on Sunday. US Vice-President JD Vance is also expected to join them in Switzerland, CNN reported citing a US official.
• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced on Saturday that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to all maritime traffic, warning all vessels to stay away from the waterway.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Iran-US talks in Switzerland expected to continue into the night