It appears the negotiations between the United States and Iran for a lasting peace deal is not off to a good start.
On Sunday a U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance began negotiations with Iran’s negotiating team just a week after the two nations signed a MOU.
After 80 minutes of discussions, Iran’s negotiating team left the building where the peace talks were being held after President Trump posted a threat to Iran on his Truth Social account.
The New York Times provided the latest update on the negotiations:
Iran’s negotiating team left the building where peace talks were being held after 80 minutes of talks, the state news agency reported. The agency said the discussions entered a “difficult phase” after what it said was the publication of “an insulting message by the U.S. president.”
Iranian state media, citing a member of the negotiating team in Switzerland, warned on Sunday that talks with the United States would not continue unless the war in Lebanon ended. Sunday’s initial discussions were focused on the conflict there between Israel and Hezbollah, according to state media and Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman.
Baghaei warned, in comments carried by state media, that it would not be “possible to move to the stage of negotiating a final agreement” unless both sides upheld their commitments in the initial cease-fire agreement, which stipulated an end to fighting on all fronts of the conflict, including Lebanon.
Fox News reported on President Trump’s threats to Iran:
President Donald Trump on Sunday told Fox News that he delivered a stark warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to “blow the s— out of them” should Tehran close the vital waterway.
Trump spoke with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, saying he issued the warning directly to the Iranians leadership should the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) close the Strait of Hormuz.
“You close it and you won’t have a country,” Trump said. “You won’t even make it back to your f—— country.”
Trump said 19 million barrels of oil left through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, adding that the U.S. could become the “Guardian Angel” of the waterway and take 20% of the oil.
Trump reiterated his threat to potentially collect tolls for vessels traversing the strait should Iran fail to reach an agreement.
“If they don’t make a deal, we’ll collect tolls,” the president said.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 21, 2026
Trump says he spoke with Iranian officials and told them, “You close the Strait of Hormuz and you won’t have a country.”
He also told them, “You won’t even make it back to your f*cking country.”
Source: Fox News pic.twitter.com/LpaY2rG0CK
— Clash Report (@clashreport) June 21, 2026
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