He doesn't think these talks will “bring any result” – “whether in Oman, Turkey or on the Moon.”
“Well, basically, no chance. These meetings are a waste of time. There is simply no room for an agreement between Iran and the United States on this issue. This was a completely predictable moment. And I think both sides are just checking a box,” Bolton said.
Context
On January 28, Trump demanded that Iran come to the negotiating table to reach a “fair and just agreement – without nuclear weapons.” He warned that the next US strike “will be much worse” than last year's strikes on Iran's three nuclear sites.
The media wrote that initially representatives of the United States and Iran were supposed to meet in Istanbul on February 6 with the participation of other Middle Eastern countries as observers, but in Tehran the meeting was postponed to Oman, where the American side initially did not want to go.
On February 4, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in X confirmed the holding of negotiations with the US delegation (on Tehran’s nuclear program) on February 6 in Oman.
Tehran wants to discuss with Washington exclusively nuclear issues, and not other topics, such as the missile program, which are a priority for the United States and Middle East countries, Axios noted.
In an interview published on February 4, Trump said that Iranian authorities were thinking about starting construction of a new nuclear facility in another part of the country, but the United States warned them that they would do “very bad things” to them.
