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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T03:36:11.000Z",
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    "shut down the strait",
    "'Questionable whether we can rely on Britain!' Keir Starmer accused of 'immense weakness' by Israel",
    "Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire days after Donald Trump signs peace deal with Iran",
    "Iran given 60 days to prove it's ready for peace as Donald Trump signs war-ending deal",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nJD Vance has headed to Switzerland for peace talks with Iran after it claimed to have shut the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.\n\nThe Vice President will join Iranian negotiators at the Bürgenstock ski resort in the first face-to-face talks between the two countries since April.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAlso representing the White House are envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who arrived in Switzerland on Saturday morning.\n\nTalks are expected to go ahead, despite Iran declaring it had again shut down the strait, through which a fifth of the world's oil flows through.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nMr Vance told reporters he expected talks to last a \"couple days\", adding he would stay for \"a day or two\".\n\n\"I think we're going to hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue,\" he added.\n\nIran will be represented by Tehran's lead negotiator IRGC General Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.\n\nMediating the high-stakes meeting are the Prime Ministers of Pakistan, its top general, and the Prime Minister of Qatar.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis initial round of talks were aimed at \"getting the actual structure and negotiation in place\", Mr Vance added.\n\nTwo regional sources told Axios the US hopes to end the first round of talks with an Iranian invitation for UN inspectors to visit its nuclear sites.\n\nThe last such visit took place before the previous war in June 2025.\n\nThe IRGC said Israeli \"crimes\" in Lebanon had violated US commitments to the memorandum of understanding (MOU).\n\n### LATEST ON IRAN:\n\n\n\n\n  * 'Questionable whether we can rely on Britain!' Keir Starmer accused of 'immense weakness' by Israel\n  * Israel and Hezbollah renew ceasefire days after Donald Trump signs peace deal with Iran\n  * Iran given 60 days to prove it's ready for peace as Donald Trump signs war-ending deal\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBut US Central Command denied the waterway had ever been shut and said 55 merchant ships carrying 17 million barrels of oil had successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nAnd Mr Vance said he was confident the ceasefire would be maintained, adding he had not seen evidence the strait had been blockaded.\n\nBefore the Vice President boarded his flight to Switzerland, Donald Trump declared there would be \"no tolls\" in the Strait of Hormuz after the 60 day period, unless they were implemented by the US.\n\nThis toll would be for \"services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA halt in fighting on all fronts - including Lebanon - was key to the MOU and further talks on Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nBut Lebanon said 20 people had been killed by Israeli strikes on Saturday.\n\nIran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran would push the US delegation in Switzerland to fulfill its commitments.\n\nIsrael has said it would maintain forces in Lebanese territory it occupies.\n\nIn a statement, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said it would \"continue to operate to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel and IDF soldiers\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "JD Vance headed to Switzerland for peace talks after Iran 'shut Strait of Hormuz'"
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