Trump tweet derails US‑Iran summit in Switzerland

At the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, delegations from the United States and Iran began direct talks for the first time in decades. Minutes after the meeting started, President Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social threatening Iran and demanding that Hezbollah stop “causing trouble” in Lebanon, warning of “even stronger strikes.”

Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qaribaf, who had left his phone outside the conference room, confronted the U.S. delegation leader JD Vance, stating that the president’s threats violated the memorandum of understanding signed days earlier. The Iranians subsequently walked out, consulting psychologists to interpret Trump’s tactics, and resumed indirect negotiations through Pakistani and Qatari intermediaries. Sources say the talks later yielded an agreement that includes U.S. permission for Iran to sell oil in dollars.