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Iran live updates: US and Iran agree to roadmap for 'final deal' within 60 days

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran opened talks in Switzerland on Sunday.

ByKevin Shalvey
Last Updated: June 22, 2026, 11:59 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the United States and Iran arrived over the weekend at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, where they entered negotiations aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed last week by both countries.

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1 hour and 59 minutes ago

US issues sanctions waivers on Iranian oil following MOU with Iran

The Trump administration has formally issued a waiver on the sale on Iranian oil, following through on a promise from the Memorandum of Understanding signed by President Donald Trump.

The waiver legalizes the sale of Iranian oil and allows transactions involving vessels that had been previously sanctioned.

The sanctions will be waived for a 60-day period beginning Monday and ending at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 21.

The waiver also allows for "any payment of funds owed to Iran, the Government of Iran, or any blocked person for the purchase of crude oil" to be made in U.S. dollars.

The waiver does not, however, allow the sanctions on Iranian oil to be lifted for people in North Korea, Cuba and parts of Ukraine like Crimea.

-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston and Michelle Stoddart

2 hours and 1 minute ago

Netanyahu says IDF forces will stay in southern Lebanon security zone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Forces will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon as "long as necessary" to protect residents in the north and the citizens of Lebanon.

Smoke rises from the site of a string of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 20, 2026.
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6:25 AM EDT

Iranian official says technical talks begin in Switzerland

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that technical talks between experts have begun in Switzerland under the framework of the memorandum of understanding, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Monday.

The technical talks follow Sunday's discussions between high-level U.S. and Iranian delegations. Those talks ended early on Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shebhaz Sharif said.

A U.S. Secret Service agent walks the grounds of the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on the day of talks between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026.
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Baqaei told IRNA that Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, is leading the Iranian delegation in the technical negotiations.

According to a joint statement issued by the mediators, the technical working groups will focus on nuclear issues, sanctions, monitoring mechanisms and dispute-resolution procedures, with negotiations set to continue in Switzerland through the end of the week.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian and Victoria Beaule

3:57 AM EDT

Iranian delegation leaves talks, heading back to Tehran

The Iranian delegation in Switzerland has left the talks and is heading back to Tehran, Iran's state media reported early on Monday, citing the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

A convoy leaves the Buergenstock resort in Stansstad, Switzerland, June 22, 2026.
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament, who is leading the Iranian delegation, "left the building where the negotiations were held on Monday, following approximately 18 hours of intensive dialogue and consultations," Iran's state broadcaster reported.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

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