Iran’s Student News Agency (ISNA) reported that technical talks between Iran and the United States on the mechanisms for implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries, as well as the formation of related technical working groups, will begin in Switzerland on Monday.
The Iranian delegation is headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi and includes experts in political, economic, and legal affairs.
Representatives from the two mediating countries, Pakistan and Qatar, are also participating in the talks, while the main Iranian negotiating team, led by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has returned to Tehran.
Switzerland said on Monday that conditions are now in place for the immediate launch of technical discussions between Tehran and Washington following the conclusion of the first round of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East.
In a statement, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said that the Swiss mediator welcomed the constructive progress achieved during intensive diplomatic negotiations held overnight on June 21–22 in Bürgenstock between the mediators, Iran, and the United States.
The ministry added that the agreed roadmap “creates the conditions for the immediate resumption of new technical talks.”
According to the report, U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a Memorandum of Understanding remotely on June 18 aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East that began following a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28.
Trump had also signed the memorandum on June 17 during a visit to France, including provisions related to the Lebanese front.
Under the memorandum, Tehran and Washington committed to conducting negotiations and reaching a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, with the possibility of extension by mutual consent.
Sources: AFP and Reuters
