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Switzerland’s foreign ministry announced Saturday that negotiations between the United States and Iran are continuing at the B\u00fcrgenstock resort, with Swiss officials describing the venue as a “discreet and reliable setting” for the sensitive diplomatic talks.<\/p>

The ministry confirmed it is playing a facilitating role in efforts to implement a memorandum of understanding between the two nations, but stopped short of providing any additional details about who is at the table or what specific issues are being addressed.<\/p>

In a formal statement, Swiss officials cited confidentiality as the reason for withholding information about the participants and the substance of the ongoing discussions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Switzerland confirmed Saturday that confidential discussions between the United States and Iran are ongoing at the B\u00fcrgenstock resort. The Swiss foreign ministry says it is providing a secure and discreet location to help move forward a memorandum of understanding between the two countries. Officials declined to reveal who is participating or what specifically is being discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781957782437.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-lYu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83997,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/us-iran-peace-talks-postponed-raising-doubts-about-lasting-ceasefire\/","url_meta":{"origin":84474,"position":0},"title":"US-Iran Peace Talks Postponed, Raising Doubts About Lasting Ceasefire","author":"Admin","date":"June 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Planned negotiations between the United States and Iran in Switzerland were called off Friday, with Vice President JD Vance scrapping his travel plans to the summit. 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