Delegates from the US and Iran are slated to holds talks in Oman today in an effort to restart negotiations over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
Delegates from the United States and Iran are holding talks in Oman on Saturday in a delicate effort to restart negotiations over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
The talks, between a mediator to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, come nearly seven years after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018. Since then, indirect talks between the two adversaries have made zero progress.
Trump has imposed new sanctions on the Islamic Republic as part of his „maximum pressure“ campaign and has suggested military action remained a possibility. Despite this, the president has said he still believed a new deal could be reached by writing a letter to Iran’s 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which he sent early last month.
Khamenei, meanwhile, has warned that Iran would respond to any U.S.-led attack with an attack of its own.
„They threaten to commit acts of mischief, but we are not entirely certain that such actions will take place“, the supreme leader said.
