High-stakes diplomacy played out in Switzerland as U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance met with senior Iranian officials over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The talks, however, were shaken by threats issued by Trump from afar, with negotiators reportedly expecting to work through the night to salvage progress.
Washington wants Iran locked into formal negotiations amid long-standing concerns that its nuclear capabilities could be used for military purposes — a charge Tehran continues to deny. The shadow-boxing between Trump’s public combativeness and Vance’s in-room diplomacy underscored the precarious state of one of the world’s most consequential geopolitical standoffs.
