2026-06-21
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Jetty Vance said on Fox News there was no evidence of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz.
The American vice president said special envoys Steve Wittkoff
and Jared Kushner are in Switzerland for negotiations with Iran that talks to end the war were possible on Sunday
and that he would travel there in the next couple of days.