Vance says he expects to travel to Switzerland for Iran talks within days

<article data-history-node-id="442753" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/vance-says-he-expects-travel-switzerland-iran-talks-within-days" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/vance-says-he-expects-travel-switzerland-iran-talks-within-days" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Vance says he expects to travel to Switzerland for Iran talks within days</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">US Vice President JD Vance said that he expects to travel to Switzerland for talks with Iran soon after the initial meetings scheduled for Friday were postponed.</p> <p style="line-height:1.38">He said that&nbsp;US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, are in already Switzerland for negotiations.</p> <p>“I expect that I will leave sometime in the next couple of days, but you know it’s always a delicate coordination dance and the diplomatic protocols,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday.</p> <p>Vance added that the talks are going well and that he is confident a ceasefire can be maintained, so he intends&nbsp;to “give negotiations a chance”.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026 Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1c7217cb-e105-4920-94db-3134516f41f7" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/063_2281598331.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026 Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the White House on 18 June 2026 (Andrew Harnik/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>