Trump threatens to 'hit Iran very hard again' while Vance in Switzerland for talks

News Trump threatens to 'hit Iran very hard again' while Vance in Switzerland for talks June 21, 20261:29 PM ET By  Chandelis Duster U.S. Vice President JD Vance, right, meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. Nathan Howard/Pool Reuters/AP hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Pool Reuters/AP President Trump has threatened further attacks on Iran while Vice President Vance attended talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland on Sunday. "Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don't, we'll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!" Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday. Middle East JD Vance arrives in Switzerland for talks with Iran over fragile peace deal A day earlier, Iran's military announced it had closed the Strait of Hormuz because of continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Iran said the U.S. failure to rein in Israel violated the terms of last week's tentative agreement, which specifies that all fighting in Lebanon must end. Also on Sunday, Vance, who arrived in Switzerland in the early morning, met with representatives from Pakistan who have been brokering the talks – including with the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir. Sponsor Message An Iranian team, mediators from Qatar and Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, are also attending the meetings. The talks are focused on a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed by both the U.S. and Iran last week, but which is already coming under intense strain. While Iran on Saturday said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command has said shipping through the strait was proceeding normally. Also under discu...