What to know about U.S., Iran’s talks to deescalate nuclear tensions – CBS News Watch CBS News Saturday, the words “constructive” and “positive” were used to describe talks aimed at defusing nuclear tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Leigh Kiniry has the latest on the negotiations. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for…
Iran is seeking a “real and fair” agreement with the United States on its nuclear program, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday, ahead of talks over the weekend. “Far from putting up a show and merely talking in front of the cameras, Tehran is seeking a real and fair agreement,…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past listed the three main threats facing Israel as “Iran, Iran and Iran.” He has largely staked his career on being Israel’s protector against Iranian nuclear ambitions, has openly confronted the country in recent months and is at war with Iran-backed militias around the region. Many Israelis were…
Talks between the United States and Iran, which President Trump said on Monday would begin on Saturday in Oman, face considerable problems of substance and well-earned mistrust. But time is short for what is likely to be a complicated negotiation. “We’re at a fork in the road, heading toward a crisis,” said Sanam Vakil, the…
Iran’s foreign minister confirmed Iran and the United States would meet in Oman on Saturday, but described them as “indirect high-level talks” rather than the direct talks that President Donald Trump announced. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment. Why It Matters The upcoming talks come amid a standoff on nuclear…
President Trump said on Monday that the United States would engage in “direct” negotiations with Iran next Saturday in a last-ditch effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program, saying Tehran would be “in great danger” if it failed to reach an accord. If direct talks take place, they would be the first official face-to-face…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has placed the country’s armed forces on ‘high alert’, news agency Reuters reported citing an official. This comes a month after President Donald Trump urged Tehran to hold negotiations on its nuclear program, further threatening to bomb Iran if diplomacy fails. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has placed…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has put the Iranian military on full alert amid US demands that the Islamic Republic negotiate over a nuclear deal, Saudi state-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya reported on Sunday. While the Islamic Republic has rejected US President Donald Trump’s demand for direct negotiations, it wishes to continue indirect…
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his country was “willing to engage” in dialogue with the United States as equals, but did not clarify if Tehran would directly participate in direct talks. Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and US counterpart Donald Trump(Reuters, AP) “The Islamic Republic of Iran wants dialogue on equal footing,” AFP quoted…
Whoever said history repeats itself was not talking about Trump 2.0 and Iran. In 2018, during his previous term, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meant to restrain Iran from developing atomic weapons, calling it “the worst possible deal”. He further imposed a “maximum pressure” policy that led to…