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A fragile interim truce between the United States and Iran fractured dramatically over the last 48 hours as both nations exchanged intense rounds of military strikes, threatening to permanently derail diplomatic tracks aimed at a comprehensive regional peace agreement.

JD Vance has flown into Switzerland to join Donald Trump’s envoys in 60‑day roadmap talks with Iran, after Pakistan and Qatar said negotiations were making “positive progress” on nukes and sanctions.

A US–Iran peace agreement to halt nearly four months of fighting, including in Lebanon, sent oil lower and global stocks higher as markets priced in a planned Friday signing.