By AFP and APPublished On 19 Jun 202619 Jun 2026Planned talks in Switzerland between the United States and Iran to discuss the technical terms of their ceasefire deal have been postponed.The Swiss Foreign Ministry confirmed early on Friday that the talks, which were scheduled to take place in Burgenstock, would not go ahead. The postponement has raised fears that the ceasefire deal signed by the US and Iran earlier this week could already unwind.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listReports suggest that Iran has delayed sending its delegation to discuss the technical issues linked to the ceasefire deal – digitally signed by the two countries on Wednesday – due to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon.Israeli attacks overnight and into Friday have reportedly killed at least 18 people in southern Lebanon, with Iran-linked Hezbollah reporting intense fighting.Iran, which has recently sensed Trump’s enthusiasm to agree an end to a war increasingly unpopular in the US, has responded bullishly, declaring that Tehran had reservations even while nodding to the plan.Its chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Friday that any talks would remain bound by Tehran’s “red lines”. A halt to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon was one of Tehran’s key demands in negotiations.“If the enemy seeks to be excessive, we have proven that our fingers are on the trigger and we have no hesitation in giving a crushing response to the enemy,” Ghalibaf said, according to the official IRNA news agency.Concern over the stability of the deal saw mediators, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, agree to gather for talks in the Egyptian city of Alamein on Sunday, Cairo and Islamabad said. Advertisement As long as neededA ceremony followed by talks was expected to be held at the Burgenstock Resort in Stansstad, near Lucerne in central Switzerland.It is owned by Katara Hospitality, part of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which h …
