Negotiators in talks on US-Iran peace deal
6/21/202647 min
Negotiators from the United States and Iran are in Switzerland for talks aimed at turning their ceasefire into a lasting peace deal.
The talks are going on despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel's attacks on southern Lebanon.
Also in the programme: The stark choice facing voters in Colombia today. a true crime conference takes place in Las Vegas; and why athletes are protesting against fossil fuel companies during the FIFA men's World Cup.
[Photo shows Iranian parliament speaker and negotiating team head Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi greeting Swiss officials at an airport in Zurich, Switzerland on 21 June 2026. Credit: Iranian parliament speaker's office via EPA)
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