Swiss authorities said talks between U.S. officials and Iranian negotiators over a pact to end the Middle East conflict would not take place on Friday, after Vice President JD Vance canceled his planned trip to Geneva, casting fresh doubt on whether a durable truce can be found.
The announcement followed an overnight statement from a White House spokesperson, Reuters reported, saying that U.S. Vice President JD Vance had pulled out of the planned meeting in Switzerland that was to begin discussions on implementing the agreement struck between Tehran and Washington.
US President Donald Trump’s interim deal intended to end the Iran war drew searing public criticism from prominent Republicans as printed copies of the signed agreement circulated through the halls of Capitol Hill on Thursday.
Several GOP figures unleashed sharp rebukes: one Republican senator denounced the framework as ‘the worst foreign-policy blunder in decades,’ another warned that several reported provisions appeared ‘ill-advised,’ and a number of pro-Republican commentators publicly broke with Trump over the pact.