The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, assured this Monday that the frozen funds to Iran will not be released unless there continues to be progress in the negotiation opened in Switzerland between the two countries to try to end the war that began on February 28.

“The funds will not be unfrozen unless we continue to see progress, which will undoubtedly be a key aspect of the negotiation in the coming days,” the vice president explained to the press before taking the flight back to Washington from Switzerland, where he participated in the weekend talks.

The US vice president denied having felt “belittled” by the Iranians during the talks in Geneva, after a video was released in which the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, enters and leaves the room without greeting Vance.

"Some kind of storm broke out on social media where everyone was saying that the Iranians were going to leave, and then we were talking to them for the next nine hours. So I recommend to the media to be a little distrustful of what they see on Iranian social media," the American said.

The vice president declared that Iranian negotiators are sometimes “confusing,” but stressed that the talks are “progressing.”

Vance arrived in Switzerland on Saturday after talks, initially scheduled for Friday, were delayed due to escalating fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Vance, who described Sunday as a “very, very good day” of negotiations, said the United States and Iran made “a lot of progress” during the talks.

The United States and Iran last week signed a memorandum of understanding that ends hostilities, unblocks the Strait of Hormuz and opens a 60-day period to negotiate a nuclear deal and sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic. EFE