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Vice President Vance is delaying his trip to Switzerland to negotiate the terms of a peace agreement with Iran.

Bans and a delegation from Iran were scheduled to meet in Lucerne.

NPR's Rob Schmitz made it to Lucerne, even though the vice president did not yet.

Rob, hi there.

Hey there, Steve.

It seemed like negotiators were on this accelerated schedule.

They signed the preliminary deal early.

They were going to dive right in and talk.

Why are they now delaying?

Yeah, we don't know exactly why, but Israel's continued bombardment of southern Lebanon is not helping.

The very first article of this agreement that was signed by President Trump and Iran's president promises to ensure the territorial integrity of Lebanon.

Obviously, that is not happening.

Just this morning, Lebanon's health ministry said at least 18 people had been killed in overnight strikes.

while the Israeli military said four of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israeli forces in southern Lebanon intend to stay there.