GENEVA – Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks next week on Tehran’s nuclear program, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Oman ushered in the first round of competition indirect talks Switzerland’s foreign ministry said it would host talks in Geneva on February 6, but did not specify a date.
After the first discussions, US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his government would be “very painful”.
Similar talks last year collapsed in June, when Israel launched what became 12-day war against Iran These include US bombs Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to use force to force Iran to agree to curbs on its nuclear program. Iran said it would launch an attack in response. Trump also threatens Iran deadly crackdown on recent nationwide protests There.
Gulf Arab states have warned that any attack could turn into another regional conflict.
Trump said on Friday that the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, would be dispatched from the Caribbean to join the Middle East other military assets The United States has already established bases in the region. He also said that a change of power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen.”
this Indirect talks on February 6 There was a clash between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkov. top military commander in the middle east Also present first.
The Trump administration insists that Iran cannot enrich uranium under any deal. Tehran said it would not agree to this.
Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. However, its officials Increasing threats to pursue nuclear weapons. Before the June War, Iran had enriched uranium to 60% purity, just one step away from weapons-grade levels.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was “ready for any form 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 said in recent weeks that his top priority is getting Iran to scale back its nuclear program. Iran has said it wants the talks to focus solely on its nuclear program.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met Trump in Washington this week, has urged any deal to include neutralization measures Iran’s ballistic missile program and halting funding for proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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