The Swiss Foreign Ministry stated on Saturday that Iran and the United States are going to hold a second round of talks regarding Tehran’s nuclear program next week.
The Swiss ministry said that Oman, which hosted the first round on February 6, will host the talks in Geneva, without specifying the exact dates.
After the initial discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump cautioned Tehran that failing to reach an agreement with his administration would be “very traumatic.”
Similar talks last year fell apart in June when Israel launched an event that involved… (The text seems incomplete here)
Trump has repeatedly threatened to use force to make Iran agree to restrict its nuclear program. Iran has declared that it would retaliate with an attack of its own. Trump has also issued threats to Iran over… (The text seems incomplete here)
Gulf Arab nations have warned that any attack could escalate into another regional conflict.
Trump said on Friday that the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, was being dispatched from the Caribbean to the Middle East to join the military forces the U.S. has built up in the region. He also mentioned that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen.”
The… (The text seems incomplete here) were between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. The top military commander in the Middle East… (The text seems incomplete here) for the first time.
The Trump administration has maintained that under no deal can Iran conduct uranium enrichment. Tehran has stated that it won’t agree to this.
Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. However, its officials… (The text seems incomplete here). Before the June war, Iran had been enriching uranium to a purity of up to 60%, which is a short, technical step away from weapons – grade levels.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his country is “ready for any kind of verification.” However, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been unable to inspect and verify Iran’s nuclear stockpile for months.
Trump has suggested in recent weeks that his top priority is for Iran to scale back its nuclear program. Iran has said that it wants the talks to focus solely on the nuclear program.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met with Trump in Washington this week, has urged that any deal should include measures to neutralize… (The text seems incomplete here) and end its funding for proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.