U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on June 22 that Iran had agreed to allow international nuclear inspectors back into the country, calling it a major breakthrough from the first round of U.S.–Iran talks in Switzerland and saying negotiators had laid “a very good foundation” for a final agreement to end the war.
Speaking at the Bürgenstock resort near Lake Lucerne in Switzerland on June 22 after marathon negotiations that stretched into the early hours of the day, Vance said the talks achieved a number of key U.S. objectives. These include mechanisms to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, efforts to reinforce a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon, and progress on Iran’s nuclear program. Vance said movement on the nuclear issue is probably what the U.S. side is “most excited about.”
