{"id":731566,"date":"2026-06-28T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731566\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:47:10","slug":"reciprocal-strikes-disrupt-us-iran-talks-in-switzerland-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731566\/","title":{"rendered":"Reciprocal strikes disrupt US\u2013Iran talks in Switzerland &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-28T18:49:46+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Washington<\/p>\n<p>US-Iran talks scheduled for next week in Switzerland were suspended, The<br \/>\nWall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing the latest round of hostilities<br \/>\nbetween the two sides as the main reason for the halt.<\/p>\n<p>Citing sources familiar with the matter, the newspaper noted that<br \/>\ntechnical meetings had been planned to discuss mechanisms for implementing the<br \/>\nrecently signed Memorandum of Understanding (<a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/US-Iran-sign-remote-memorandum-to-end-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MoU<\/a>), covering Tehran\u2019s nuclear<br \/>\nprogram, sanctions relief, and arrangements for the release of frozen Iranian<br \/>\nassets.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides, however, have exchanged conflicting statements on several<br \/>\nissues, including the use of released Iranian funds, the return of<br \/>\nInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors, and maritime security in<br \/>\nthe Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Trump-IAEA-inspectors-will-access-Iranian-nuclear-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump<\/a> described Iran as making \u201cvery large<br \/>\nconcessions,\u201d claiming that Tehran is \u201cagreeing to everything I want.\u201d Iranian<br \/>\nofficials dismissed Trump\u2019s assertions, particularly those concerning how<br \/>\nunfrozen funds would be used for purchases of American goods.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Washington nor Tehran has offered an explanation for the<br \/>\nsuspension of the talks or indicated when they might resume, leaving the<br \/>\ndiplomatic track uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Iran exchanged blows on Sunday, extending fighting around<br \/>\nHormuz into a third day. Washington previously accused Tehran of carrying out<br \/>\ndrone attacks on an oil tanker near the maritime gateway, while <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Fresh-American-strikes-hit-Iran-over-Hormuz-tanker-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">striking<\/a><br \/>\nseveral sites inside Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied<br \/>\nthe allegations and <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Unidentified-missiles-target-Kuwait-Bahrain-after-US-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">launched<\/a> attacks on several US military positions in Kuwait<br \/>\nand Bahrain in retaliation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Iraq-stands-to-gain-most-from-US-Iran-deal-analysts-warn-of-fragile-foundations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Iraq stands to gain most from US-Iran deal, analysts warn of fragile foundations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-28T18:49:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Washington US-Iran talks scheduled for next week in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,801,7380,3,315007,315008,30846,13646,452,453,24],"class_list":["post-731566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-negotiations","tag-news","tag-reciprocal-strikes-disrupt-us-iran-talks-in-switzerland","tag-session-postponement","tag-strikes","tag-switzerland","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}