First round of Iran-US talks concludes in Switzerland

Hussein Gurbanzadeh ‌a member of Iran’s team negotiating with the ⁠US, told state television that talks on the opening day in Switzerland covered frozen assets as well as oil sanctions relief proposal.
Negotiations between the United States and Iran with the mediation of the Gulf country and Pakistan kicked off in Switzerland earlier today.

There is concern that Iran has not been able to rein in Hezbollah
We were told by some interlocutors that there’s concern that Iran has not been able to rein in Hezbollah.

The Iranian position remains that, as long as Israel continues to occupy Lebanese territory, the fight is there. Hezbollah has the right to respond to any occupation activities.

Also, what we’re hearing are the issues relating to sanctions relief and the release of funds.

Remember that there has been a lot of speculation about how much funding Iran can get directly or indirectly, and in this MoU there’s the fund of $300 billion that needs to be made available to Iran.

So all of those issues are still being hammered out. No side has so far left the venue. They’re all here, and we’re being told that this is target diplomacy, which could take some time to resolve.

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