A viral video from the latest round of US-Iran talks in Switzerland has set off a new train of conversation around US Vice President JD Vance. The video showed Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani “ignoring” JD Vance before warmly hugging Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
US Vice President JD Vance attends a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, as part of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict. A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war was set to kick off on June 21, 2026 with Iranian negotiators arriving in the Swiss host city hours ahead of US Vice President JD Vance, even as Tehran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again over Israeli attacks in Lebanon. (Photo by Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP) (AFP)
Qatar, alongside Pakistan and Swiss officials, is playing a major mediating role in moving the US-Iran ceasefire framework into a more detailed political settlement.
