Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waved to the Iranian crowd on March 31st.
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Tel Aviv, Israel — Iran has held indirect talks with the US in Oman this weekend, paving the way for possible diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear program, but says it will reveal a potential point of attachment to the form of negotiation.
“We are in person meeting with Iran,” Trump said Monday. In the oval office beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said the US will have a “very big meeting” with Iran on Saturday at “almost the highest level.” He didn’t say where or who would take part.
“We’re dealing with them directly and there will probably be deals,” Trump said. However, he warned, “I think Iran will be in great danger if the consultations with Iran are not successful.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut overnight I said it on social media: “Iran and the US will meet on Saturday for an indirect, high-level lecture in Oman.”
During Trump’s first term, he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, negotiated by President Barack Obama in 2015 and signed by several world powers. As part of that contract, Iran agreed to restrictions on nuclear development and testing in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. When Trump retracted in 2018, the US imposed severe sanctions and what Trump called the country “maximum pressure.”
The annual US An information report released last month stated “We continue to appreciate that Iran is not building nuclear weapons.”
This year, Iranian leaders rejected Trump’s offer to engage in direct negotiations. Iranian President Masuud Pezeshkian cited the “violation of America’s promises” and said “they must prove they can build trust.”
The Iranian Foreign Minister wrote X overnight, saying that Saturday’s meeting is “as much an opportunity as it is a test. The ball is in the American courts.”
