US-Iran talks abruptly called off after Israel and Hezbollah trade deadly attacks
by William Christou in Beirut and Jonathan Yerushalmy from World news | The Guardian on (#76DRA)
JD Vance's staff were at an airbase ready to fly to summit in Obburgen before trip was suddenly cancelled
Talks due to take place on Friday between the US and Iran in Switzerland to implement a peace deal were cancelled as Hezbollah killed four Israeli soldiers and Israel carried out a wave of retaliatory airstrikes in south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley that killed at least 18 people.
The talks were to begin in the Swiss village of Obburgen two days after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that opened a 60-day window to negotiate a permanent understanding over Iran's nuclear programme, while getting oil traffic moving through the strait of Hormuz.
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