Iran-US talks live updates: Key talks between Iran and the United States on nuclear issues began on Friday, as delegations led by Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Witkoff, met in Oman. Iran is being represented by Araghchi, while the United States side is being led by envoy Steve Witkoff.The discussions are focused on Tehran’s nuclear programme and follow a turbulent week, during which there were earlier plans for regional nations to join the talks in Turkey. What Oman said Oman's Foreign Ministry published a statement saying al-Busaidi met separately with Araghchi, then with US Mideast special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law. The Foreign Ministry said that the talks focused on “preparing the appropriate circumstances for resuming the diplomatic and technical negotiations.” Oman also said that the importance of these negotiations is "in light of the parties’ determination to ensure their success in achieving sustainable security and stability.” What to expect Both sides have indicated they are willing to return to diplomacy over Iran’s long-running nuclear standoff with the West. However, Washington is pushing for the scope of the talks to be widened. The United States wants discussions to also include Iran’s ballistic missile programme, its backing of armed groups across the region and the “treatment of their own people”, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Wednesday. Before the talks began, Araghchi posted on X, saying, “Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year.” “Commitments need to be honoured,” he wrote. “Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not rhetoric; they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement.” Iran-US conflict Iran’s clerical leadership continues to worry that Trump could still act on his earlier threats to strike the country, especially after the US Navy increased its military presence near Iran. In June, the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, joining the final phase of a 12-day Israeli bombing campaign. Iran later said that it had halted its uranium enrichment activities. The meeting comes just under a month after the peak of a wave of nationwide protests in Iran against the clerical leadership, which rights groups say were repressed with an unprecedented crackdown that has left thousands dead. Trump initially threatened military action against Tehran over its crackdown on protesters and even told demonstrators, "help is on its way". On Thursday, Trump said that Iran is negotiating. "They don't want us to hit them, we have a big fleet going there," he added, referring to the aircraft carrier group he has repeatedly called an “armada.” ...Read More
The discussions are focused on Tehran’s nuclear programme and follow a turbulent week, during which there were earlier plans for regional nations to join the talks in Turkey.
Oman's Foreign Ministry published a statement saying al-Busaidi met separately with Araghchi, then with US Mideast special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law.
The Foreign Ministry said that the talks focused on “preparing the appropriate circumstances for resuming the diplomatic and technical negotiations.” Oman also said that the importance of these negotiations is "in light of the parties’ determination to ensure their success in achieving sustainable security and stability.”
Both sides have indicated they are willing to return to diplomacy over Iran’s long-running nuclear standoff with the West. However, Washington is pushing for the scope of the talks to be widened. The United States wants discussions to also include Iran’s ballistic missile programme, its backing of armed groups across the region and the “treatment of their own people”, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.
Before the talks began, Araghchi posted on X, saying, “Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year.”
“Commitments need to be honoured,” he wrote. “Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not rhetoric; they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement.”
Iran’s clerical leadership continues to worry that Trump could still act on his earlier threats to strike the country, especially after the US Navy increased its military presence near Iran.
In June, the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, joining the final phase of a 12-day Israeli bombing campaign. Iran later said that it had halted its uranium enrichment activities.
The meeting comes just under a month after the peak of a wave of nationwide protests in Iran against the clerical leadership, which rights groups say were repressed with an unprecedented crackdown that has left thousands dead.
Trump initially threatened military action against Tehran over
The discussions are focused on Tehran’s nuclear programme and follow a turbulent week, during which there were earlier plans for regional nations to join the talks in Turkey.
Oman's Foreign Ministry published a statement saying al-Busaidi met separately with Araghchi, then with US Mideast special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law.
The Foreign Ministry said that the talks focused on “preparing the appropriate circumstances for resuming the diplomatic and technical negotiations.” Oman also said that the importance of these negotiations is "in light of the parties’ determination to ensure their success in achieving sustainable security and stability.”
Both sides have indicated they are willing to return to diplomacy over Iran’s long-running nuclear standoff with the West. However, Washington is pushing for the scope of the talks to be widened. The United States wants discussions to also include Iran’s ballistic missile programme, its backing of armed groups across the region and the “treatment of their own people”, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.
Before the talks began, Araghchi posted on X, saying, “Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year.”
“Commitments need to be honoured,” he wrote. “Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not rhetoric; they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement.”
Iran’s clerical leadership continues to worry that Trump could still act on his earlier threats to strike the country, especially after the US Navy increased its military presence near Iran.
In June, the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, joining the final phase of a 12-day Israeli bombing campaign. Iran later said that it had halted its uranium enrichment activities.
The meeting comes just under a month after the peak of a wave of nationwide protests in Iran against the clerical leadership, which rights groups say were repressed with an unprecedented crackdown that has left thousands dead.
Trump initially threatened military action against Tehran over