Iran war day 114: US, Iranian delegation in Switzerland for major talks | US-Israel War on Iran News

Lebanon to be at the top of the issue as the US and Iran to hold talks in Burgenstock in Switzerland between Qatar and Pakistan.

US Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Switzerland for talks with Iran days after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at ending the US-Israel war on Iran, which sent oil prices soaring above $100 per barrel and disrupted global markets.

The latest talks between Pakistan and Qatar are scheduled for Sunday as Israel attacks Lebanon, killing dozens of people on Saturday.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Saturday that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire in Lebanon. The Iranian delegation, including parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, has also arrived in Switzerland.

Here’s what we know about the dispute, which is now in its 114th day:

Diplomacy

• The US and Iran are due to hold high-level talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland on Sunday with a US delegation led by Vance. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are also among the US delegation. Before leaving for the talks, Vance told reporters that he hoped to “make progress on the nuclear issue” and “on the issue of ending the war in Lebanon”.
• The Iranian delegation, led by Ghalibaf and Araghchi, said its main goal was to ensure that all sides implement a long-term ceasefire agreement.
• Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said the Iranian delegation will “try to fulfill” the US’s commitments outlined in the MoU and “want to be clear about how the other side wants to fulfill its commitments”.
• Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have left for Burgenstock to take part in the talks. “Pakistan will continue to support and advance the implementation of the agreement reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States,” he said. Ministry of Pakistan of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on X.
• Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is also expected to take part in key talks as Israeli rebels in Lebanon threaten to end the deal signed by Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Thursday.
• Egypt will hold a four-way meeting with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan amid talks on Iran and the US. The group met for the first time in Riyadh on March 18, followed by meetings in Islamabad on March 29 and Antalya on April 18, showing the strong efforts of regional authorities to solve problems through dialogue instead of intervention.

In Iran

• Mohammad Mokhbar, an adviser and aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warned that Tehran would not accept a paper deal unless Washington fulfilled its commitments. In a post on X, Mokhbar said the US understands the economic pressure. He wrote: “The American people understand the language of finance and how they make money. Once this deal remains on paper, the flow of power in the Middle East will stop.”

• Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall, from Tehran, said the delegation from Tehran will suggest that Iran will not move forward with the implementation of the MoU unless Israel complies with the agreement. “They say that the Americans are responsible for this and that the Americans have to make sure that Israel complies,” he said.
• Iran’s oil industry will be a major testing ground for any final peace deal with the US if Western parties remain committed to their spirit, said Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad. The ministry’s Shana news agency quoted Paknejad as saying that after the deal, Iran’s oil sector will provide more opportunities for the world economy and has hundreds of projects and technical and operational agreements about to be signed.
• Amir Ghalenoei, coach of Iran’s national football team, has criticized the team’s increasing preparations ahead of Sunday’s World Cup match against Belgium, saying “things have become more difficult” than before their opening match against New Zealand. Iran is based in Tijuana, Mexico, for the tournament and has traveled to the US for the Group G matches due to the country’s ban, a problem that has been highlighted throughout the World Cup.

In the US

• Trump said there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz unless it is collected by the US. This came after the IRGC said it had blocked the waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flowed before the war.
• David Sacks, Trump’s strategic adviser, has defended the US-Iran deal, calling it a “great deal” and a better option than protracted conflict. Speaking on the All-In Podcast on Saturday, Sacks dismissed calls for more, saying an attack on Iran would be unwise, given Iran’s size and would require up to a million troops. He said any such attempt is a “suicide mission”.
• Members of the Democratic Party continue to criticize Trump for his handling of the war with Iran. Johnny Olszewski, a Democratic congressman from Maryland, said Trump’s “war of choice” was a “disaster” and said the deal with Iran had already begun to collapse.

In Lebanon

• Five people were killed, among them a child, a woman and two elderly people, in Israel fighting the village of Sohmor in the west of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, according to the National News Agency (NNA), citing the Ministry of Health. Sunday’s report did not specify when the attack took place. Two Palestinians were killed in Rashidieh in southern Lebanon’s Tire province, NNA reported.
• The Times of Israel reported on Sunday that an Israeli soldier was killed and 13 others were injured when rockets and drones hit a military base in Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon.
• Israeli media reports say that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops entering Lebanon to fire in Lebanon except for those fighting in the Ali al-Taher hills near Nabatieh.