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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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US-Iran talks go into Day 2 after Trump threats, Hormuz closure

BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland/DUBAI: I ran-U.S. peace talks in Switzerland stretched into their second day on Monday, after a ​tense opening marked by Tehran's announcement it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. President Donald Trump repeating his threats to resume attacks on Iran.

Vice President JD Vance negotiated with Iranian officials on Sunday in the Qatari-owned Swiss mountain resort of Buergenstock to open talks under the terms of a memorandum of understanding reached last week to extend a tenuous ceasefire from April for at least another 60 days.

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