Iran’s delegation arrived in Geneva on Saturday night to attend the talks, while U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance also left for Europe.TAG_OPEN_div_58 Meanwhile, Iran has announced that it will reopen the State of Hormuz in Lebanon as Israel’s offensive continues.
Speaking to reporters before leaving for Europe, Vance said he hoped to make progress on Iran’s nuclear program and the Lebanese ceasefire.TAG_OPEN_div_56
The follow-up talks, scheduled for Friday, were postponed at the last minute after Israel launched a deadly attack on Lebanon.TAG_OPEN_div_54 The attack came after the deaths of four members of an Israeli army.
{{TAG_OPEN_div_52} The US announced the reinstatement of the ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday, but clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah erupted again on Saturday. Both sides have accused each other of violating the ceasefire.
Iran’TAG_OPEN_div_50 s Central Military Command has announced that it will reopen ships in the State of Hormuz, accusing the United States of violating a preliminary agreement and Israel’s continued ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon.
The State of Hormuz, the main route for global oil and gas supplies, was blocked by Iran for most of the war.TAG_OPEN_div_48 The State of Hormuz was opened on the basis of a preliminary agreement between US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pegeshkian.
After Iran’s announcement, the US Central Command said that safe movement in international waterways was maintained and US forces were on alert.TAG_OPEN_div_46
Meanwhile, President Trump has threatened that the United States could impose its own tariff system on Hormuz’s traffic if a final agreement is not reached from the talks.TAG_OPEN_div_44
The Iranian delegation includes House Speaker Mohammad Bagher Galibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.TAG_OPEN_div_42 Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Bakaei said the talks would raise the demand that the other side implement its commitments in accordance with the initial agreement.
U.S. negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Wittoff are reportedly at the site to discuss technical issues.TAG_OPEN_div_40
Pakistan’TAG_OPEN_div_38 s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir have also left for Switzerland to attend high-level talks. The aim of the talks is to begin a two-month negotiating process on outstanding issues through preliminary agreements, particularly on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Meanwhile, tensions between Israel and Hezbollah continue in southern Lebanon.TAG_OPEN_div_36 The Israeli military said one soldier was killed in the clashes. It was the fifth military death since the US-Iran agreement.
The Israeli military says Hezbollah fired more than 50 missiles at its troops in southern Lebanon.TAG_OPEN_div_34 Hezbollah said it had retaliated after Israel tried to infiltrate into southern Lebanon under the guise of a ceasefire.
According to Lebanese state media, about 20 Israeli airstrikes have been affected.TAG_OPEN_div_32 More than 30 people were killed in the attack. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, the death toll from the conflict has exceeded four thousand.
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