Reports also say planned U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland were canceled after Vice President JD Vance withdrew, disrupting technical negotiations that were supposed to continue this week.

Planned technical negotiations between the United States and Iran in Switzerland have been canceled following a White House directive that Vice President JD Vance will not travel to Geneva as scheduled. Swiss diplomatic authorities confirmed the suspension, halting a multi-day sequence of expert-level consultations that were slated to proceed through the end of the week. The abrupt reversal disrupts months of diplomatic coordination and has prompted rapid assessments among international stakeholders.

According to official statements, the vice president’s itinerary was revised due to pressing domestic obligations and an administrative review of the U.S. delegation’s composition. The cancellation was first reported by CNN and subsequently verified by diplomatic reporting channels in Bern and Geneva. Switzerland has long served as the primary neutral intermediary for U.S.-Iran dialogue, maintaining its status as the protecting power for American interests in Tehran since formal diplomatic relations were severed following the 1979 revolution and hostage crisis. In recent years, this neutral ground has facilitated indirect technical exchanges focused on compliance mechanisms, sanctions verification, and regulatory coordination.