Iranian negotiators stormed out of the high-level peace talks with the US in Switzerland on Sunday, and refused to take part in a photo-op with Vice President JD Vance, after a frustrated President Trump unleashed his fury on the regime — threatening to seize the Strait of Hormuz and “blow the s–t out of them.”
The talks were abandoned after just 80 minutes when the discussions entered a “difficult phase” following “an insulting message by the US president,” the country’s state news agency reported.
Vance, who was spearheading the negotiations, had earlier said the US hoped to “turn over a new leaf” with the Islamic Republic.
President Trump threatened to destroy Iran on Sunday and suggested that the US could take full control of the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS
The talks in the Qatari-owned mountaintop resort of Buergenstock in Switzerland were the first to be held under the terms of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed a week ago.
But hopes of progress were swiftly dashed, and the diplomatic efforts were cut off when Trump, who had been criticized for being too soft on the regime with the MOU, warned that the US would hammer Iran if it didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz and rein in its terrorist proxies.