Middle East crisis live: Iran’s negotiating team leaves Switzerland after ‘constructive progress’ in first round of talks

Iran’s foreign minister earlier said hat ‘major progress’ had been made to end Israel’s war in LebanonIn a post on X, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said US-Iran talks have concluded “successfully” ⁠in Switzerland, adding that discussions produced agreement on the establishment of a “high-level committee” to provide “political oversight” of the talks which are now entering a more “technical” phase.“I commend the leadership of both the United States as well as Iran for their continued commitment to constructive engagement, and thank all brotherly and friendly countries for their valuable support in advancing this historic process,” Sharif, a key mediator