U.S., Iran delegations set to begin hashing out a permanent peace [View all]
Source: MS NOW News
Jun. 21, 2026, 1:36 AM EDT
U.S. and Iranian officials are set to meet Sunday in Switzerland to work toward fleshing out a deal that would permanently end the months-long war that has killed thousands, roiled the Middle East and disrupted global trade.
The American contingent of Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will sit opposite an Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir were to continue their role as mediators.
After his arrival Saturday, Ghalibaf posted a photo himself walking beneath a Meraj Airlines jet emblazoned with the hashtag #minab168. It is a reference to the number of lives lost when an airstrike at the start of the war hit a school in Minab, near the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. intelligence agencies long ago concluded American forces were to blame, according to multiple reports, but the Pentagon has yet to acknowledge responsibility.
The Switzerland meeting was originally set for Friday and intended as a signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding the U.S. and Iran reached earlier this month, a framework for a more detailed agreement. That schedule grew muddled after leaders of both countries and mediators signed the document remotely, raising the question of whether top dignitaries would attend at all.
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