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The strikes in Lebanon came after the United States and Iran entered an interim deal to end the war.
The Swiss Foreign Ministry said it remained ready to facilitate these talks at a later date.
The renewed violence came as U.S. officials imposed fresh sanctions on Hezbollah-linked figures and businesses.
The vice president suggested that Israeli officials shouldn’t be attacking the country’s ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world.
The White House said logistics of the talks with Iran ‘have never been simple or predictable,’ suggesting the plans remain fluid.
Washington has twice previously extended its waiver on Russian seaborne oil to help nations cope with the energy shortage resulting from the war in Iran.
‘The War Department is here and prepared to restart if we need to,’ the Pentagon chief said.
The vice president said more than a dozen ships have reached Iranian ports as vessel movements accelerate under a war-ending memorandum of understanding.
The key to the agreement is Washington’s nuclear demands, which must be met before any sanctions relief or economic waivers.
Early vessel movements through the Strait of Hormuz signal growing confidence in the U.S.–Iran memorandum of understanding.
The negotiations are slated to take place at the Bürgenstock mountaintop resort overlooking Lake Lucerne.
It could take 90 days to clear mines and get stranded tankers to transit the Strait, and nine months for Gulf States to restore production to Feb. 27 capacity.
A proposed FY2027 defense bill provision would require the Pentagon to test technologies that reduce troops’ exposure to commercial mobile surveillance.
The deal kicks off a 60-day period of negotiations before both sides reach a final agreement.
Details of the agreement were revealed earlier Wednesday by a senior U.S. official.
Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. officials released details of the agreement to the public.
The draft initiates a 60-day process of negotiations aimed at brokering a final deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and eventually rebuild Iran.
Restoring production in the Persian Gulf could take time after the war with Iran ends.
Trump warned on Wednesday that if negotiations collapse, he will resume bombing Iran.
The White House and other U.S. officials have not published the terms of the deal with Iran so far.
