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Edward Helmore in New York

Trump faces fresh bipartisan criticism on Iran deal as Vance hails peace talks

JD Vance and another official gesture while speaking near a Summit backdrop
Vice-President JD Vance waits with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to meet with Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks to end the Middle East conflict, at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, on Sunday. Photograph: Getty Images

US political figures from left and right voiced fresh objections on Sunday to Donald Trump’s provisional deal with Iran – even as the US president made new threats while Vice-President JD Vance hailed progress during the first round of direct peace talks in Switzerland.

Negotiations in Lucerne between the US and Iran have already run into difficulties, after Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!”

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