Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the US-Iran deal, and challenges remain
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Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)Members of the media watch screens broadcasting the Iran US negotiations and showing U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, at the Burgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)In this photo released by the Inter Services Public Relations, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets with Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP)
Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)