Iranian delegation leaves for Tehran after 18 hours of ‘intensive talks’ with US

Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the US, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the US, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)

TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian delegation in talks with the United States has left the Swiss venue to return to Tehran after 18 hours of “intensive” negotiations, state media reports.

The group, headed by chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, “left the building where the talks were held after about 18 hours of intensive talks and consultations,” the IRNA state news agency reports, saying they were en route to Tehran.

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