US officials said that the negotiations between the US and Iran in Switzerland are still ongoing, and the US delegation is expected to "work through the night".
The US and Iranian delegations held negotiations on Sunday (June 21) at the Bigen Mountain near Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. This was the first face-to-face negotiation between the US and Iran after they signed the ceasefire understanding memorandum. About 80 minutes into the negotiation, the Iranian negotiating delegation suddenly called a halt. The Speaker of the Iranian Islamic Parliament, Kharibaf, also warned the US to "be careful with their words".
CNN quoted a senior US diplomatic official who was involved in the negotiations as saying that the Iranian negotiators were still present at the scene. US Vice President Pence and other US negotiators "are expected to work through the night".
An Iranian source told CNN that the negotiations have reached a deadlock but have not come to an end.
US President Trump once again posted on social media platforms while the US-Iran delegation was holding negotiations, demanding that Iran immediately stop the actions of the Lebanese Hezbollah group. He threatened: "If they don't stop, we will strike Iran again with great force. Just like last week, and it will be even more intense!"
AFP reported that Iran's state media claimed that Trump's remarks violated the memorandum of understanding signed by both sides on the 17th. According to the first article of the memorandum of understanding signed remotely by Trump and Iranian President Poushechizhang, the two countries committed to "not using force against each other or threatening each other with force".
Khalibaf, who served as Iran's chief negotiator, said: "They'd better be careful with their words. Our armed forces are ready to respond to them in another way."
"Have they not realized that if their threats were really effective, they wouldn't be in this desperate situation today? Regardless of what they say, we are the ones who have actually taken action."
On June 21 local time, the US and Iran kicked off the first formal round of talks in Switzerland's Bergun, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
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