Middle East Monitoring Desk Islamabad
Bürgenstock / Switzerland : 22 June 2026 – The mediators Pakistan and Qatar succeeded in their efforts to bring back Iranian delegation to the negotiations table with US team after Iranian side left the dialogue on threats from President Trump.
A quadrilateral meeting between Iran, the United States, Qatar, and Pakistan have begun at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland, with the focus of the talks being on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Iran and the United States have concluded the first round of high-level talks in Switzerland, agreeing on a 60-day roadmap toward a final agreement and establishing mechanisms to advance technical negotiations under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Hamid Bovard, says that lifting oil sanctions and related exemptions was a topic of discussion during the quadrilateral talks in Switzerland.
Earlier Iran once again emphasized the key role of mediators in ensuring the full and thorough implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), recently signed between Tehran and Washington.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has outlined the outcome of negotiations between Iran and the United States, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, aimed at permanently ending the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran earlier this year.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has welcomed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi to Switzerland in a post on X, as Tehran and Washington opened four-way talks with mediators Pakistan and Qatar.
Parliament Speaker and head of Iran’s negotiating team Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s latest threats, saying Tehran does not “count US threats for anything” and that Iranian Armed Forces stand ready to respond.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described relations between Iran and Pakistan as “brotherly” after meeting members of Iran’s negotiating delegation in Switzerland, where Iranian and US officials are holding talks following a preliminary agreement signed earlier this week.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as head of the Iranian negotiating team, met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, to discuss ongoing diplomatic talks with the US delegation.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran has “no fear of defending its legitimate rights” as he stressed that securing national interests through dialogue and diplomacy should take precedence over remaining in a state of war.
