Iran Says Talks With U.S. Could Resume in Coming Days After Switzerland Meeting Was Scrapped

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Iran says talks with U.S. officials may be held in the coming days after a Switzerland meeting was canceled amid fighting in Lebanon. Tehran says the next step depends on conditions in its memorandum with Washington and continued implementation on the ground.

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Iran says contacts are underway for a U.S. meeting in the coming days.
The Switzerland meeting was canceled after escalation in Lebanon.
Esmail Baghaei said talks depend on conditions in the U.S. memorandum.
Marco Rubio canceled his planned trip, and negotiations did not begin.
Tehran warned Lebanon is central to whether talks continue.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it is now in contact about holding a meeting with U.S. representatives “in the coming days,” after a planned session in Switzerland was canceled on Friday amid the escalation in Lebanon and Israeli and Hezbollah strikes. The Iranian statement came about an hour after reports that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the meeting, and the start of talks on a final agreement, depends on continued implementation of the conditions set out in the memorandum of understanding with the United States. He said the memorandum to end the war was signed digitally, so “the meeting scheduled for today in Switzerland is no longer urgent.”

The day before, reports said the Iranian delegation had suspended its trip to Switzerland in protest over continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. Later, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also canceled his planned trip, and the meeting intended to launch negotiations between Washington and Tehran did not take place.

Tehran also warned the United States and the mediating countries that the Lebanese front is a central and critical factor in whether the negotiations continue or stop completely. Iranian officials said they were furious over the Israeli attacks, which they described as a violation of the first clause in the memorandum signed with Washington.

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