US Vice President JD Vance has landed in Switzerland for direct negotiations with Iranian leadership over the Middle East conflict. According to France 24, negotiators are racing against a sixty-day deadline to finalize the technical details of an agreement after a framework was signed last week. The talks are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating tensions—Tehran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route, in response to Israeli military operations in Lebanon.

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