US News: US President Donald Trump on multiple occasions, albeit in jest, suggested that if the Iran talks failed, he would blame JD Vance for it. Trump sent Vance for negotiations to Geneva, and the developments suggest that the Vice President might actually be emerging as the face of America's humiliation by Iran.

The 60-day negotiating window is expected to address unresolved military, nuclear and economic issues that continue to threaten stability across the Middle East.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi briefly walked out of the opening session of US-Iran talks in Switzerland after speaking to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The episode and later shifts in Washington's stance sharpened the view that Tehran was negotiating from a position of strength.