Iran demands a change in the place and format of talks with the United States. According to two Axios sources familiar with the matter, Tehran would like to transfer the talks from Istanbul to Oman.
It is also about talking only to the United States. Iran wants to limit the topic of talks only to nuclear issues.
Why does Iran want to move the talks to Oman?
What topics does Iran want to limit in talks with the US?
What did the president of Iran say about the negotiations?
What conditions did the US set for Iran before the talks?
Iran-US talks. President Masud Pezeszkian spoke
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that he had instructed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi to make efforts to ensure that negotiations with the US are “fair and equitable.”
Pezeshkian's statement proves that he obtained consent from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for talks, which he had previously rejected, AP points out.
Tehran wants to limit the topic of talks with the US
Last week, Axios pointed out that the differences between Washington and Tehran may be insurmountable, because while the Donald Trump administration demands that the possible agreement cover a broader range of topics, the ayatollah regime only agrees to nuclear talks.
Although US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with intervention in response to the bloody suppression of public protests by the Iranian regime, in recent days he has also declared that he is willing to enter into talks on the Iranian nuclear program. On Monday, he suggested that talks with Iran were continuing despite high tensions. — At the moment, our large ships are sailing to Iran and we are conducting talks with Iran. We'll see how it goes, he said.
Donald Trump was to demand that Iran meet three preliminary conditions: stopping uranium enrichment, limiting its ballistic missile program and ending support for regional entities such as the terrorist organizations Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. Iran has long rejected all three demands as unacceptable violations of its sovereignty.
The US has strengthened its military presence in the Middle East in recent weeks. Iran announced that in the event of aggression it would respond by attacking American military installations in the region.
