First High-Level US-Iran Talks See Key Agreements After Brief Walkout

The United States and Iran reached several key understandings during their first high-level talks in Switzerland, agreeing on a 60-day timeline to finalise a deal, setting up a High Level Committee to oversee the negotiations, and establishing communication mechanisms for the Strait of Hormuz, despite a tense start and a brief walkout by Iranian negotiators. The talks, described as the first high-level engagement under a new framework, were expected to continue into the early hours of Monday, according to a US official. The negotiations began on a strained note after Iranian representatives walked out of face-to-face talks in Burgenstock in protest against a series of threats issued by US President Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social.