Iran’s negotiating team walked out of nuclear talks in Switzerland on Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran again, Iranian state media reported Sunday.
“The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, after meeting with the Qatari delegation as one of the mediating parties, left the building where the negotiations were being held,” state news agency IRNA said.
“At the same time as the talks began in Switzerland, Donald Trump published a message on X in which he repeated his threats and remarks against Iran,” it added.
According to IRNA, the session was “paused” after an 80-minute four-way meeting between Iran, the United States, Qatar and Pakistan. According to the state-run IRIB, the discussion focused on Lebanon.
🚨 IRIB Exclusive: Contrary to some foreign media reports, NO negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program took place during the first 80-minute round of talks.
The discussions focused on implementing the Islamabad agreement, with priority given to the issue of #Lebanon.
— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) June 21, 2026
“There will be no talks on other topics as long as the situation in Lebanon is not resolved,” a member of Iran’s diplomatic delegation, Mehdi Ghorbanzadeh, reportedly said.
‘There will be no talks on other topics as long as the situation in Lebanon is not resolved.’
Member of Iran’s diplomatic delegation, Mehdi Ghorbanzadeh said.— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) June 21, 2026
The report comes after Trump threatened new military action against Iran over its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon. “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid proxies in Lebanon from causing trouble,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!”
Trump has also threatened to “take over” Iran. Speaking to Fox News, he said he had warned Iranian officials: “You close the strait and you won’t have a country. You won’t even make it back to your f****** country, we’ll take over the rest of the country.”
Trump made the statement after Tehran announced on Saturday that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply on Sunday after Iran’s announcement. Five vessels transited the strait, down from 26 ships recorded a day earlier, according to data from analytics firm Kpler.
The vessels included three very large crude carriers transporting 2 million barrels each of Saudi crude and fuel oil, one of which was bound for Japan. The figures may not account for ships that disable their transponders while operating in the Gulf.
Among vessels that exited the strait on Saturday were three VLCCs carrying crude from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq, along with three tankers transporting various oil products, the data showed. A total of 13 ships entered the strait on Saturday, including two VLCCs.
