US and Iran Agree 60-Day Roadmap - Vance, Hormuz and Lebanon After Switzerland Talks

The first high-level US-Iran talks at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, ended on June 22. Both sides agreed a roadmap to a final deal within 60 days - under a ceasefire meant to end a war of more than 100 days.

Who was at the table

US: Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner.

Iran: parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Mediators - Qatar and Pakistan. Talks ran from June 21 into the early hours of June 22.

What they agreed

Per the mediators’ joint statement:

• a High-Level Committee will steer a final deal within 60 days
• technical working groups continue at Bürgenstock all week
• a communication line on the Strait of Hormuz to avoid incidents and miscommunication
• a de-confliction cell for fighting in Lebanon (parties, Lebanon, mediators)
• commercial ships may pass through Hormuz for 60 days without charge - but Iran does not rule out future fees

On the agenda: nuclear programme, sanctions, frozen assets, deal monitoring.

Tense backdrop

The opening was rocky:

• Iran said Saturday it had closed Hormuz again
• Donald Trump threatened new strikes over Hezbollah in Lebanon
• the Iranian delegation briefly walked out

Ghalibaf called Trump’s threats a sign of “desperation.” Vance told Fox News of a “historic meeting” and asked whether both sides could “turn over a new leaf.”

AP notes shipping in the strait continued Sunday despite Tehran’s claims.

What happens next

Technical talks run all week in Switzerland. Then a new ministerial round if there are breakthroughs.

60 days is a hard deadline. If the deal fails, Trump has already floated US tolls on Hormuz transit.

Today’s result: the war is not over, but for the first time in months there is a written plan - and mechanisms so the strait and Lebanon do not blow everything up overnight.