Iran’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned on Tuesday {that a} nuclear deal was “inside attain”, forward of talks with the US scheduled for later this week.
“We now have a historic alternative to strike an unprecedented settlement that addresses mutual considerations and achieves mutual pursuits,” mentioned Araghchi, in a put up on the social media website X.
He added {that a} deal was “inside attain, however provided that diplomacy is given precedence”.
The talks are set to happen on Thursday in Geneva, a senior US official mentioned on Monday, with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner slated to fulfill with an Iranian delegation for the negotiations.
The 2 international locations resumed negotiations earlier this month because the US builds up its navy functionality within the Center East. Iran has threatened to strike US bases within the area whether it is attacked.
Iranian Deputy Overseas Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi mentioned on Tuesday Iran is able to take any vital steps to achieve a take care of the US.
“We’re prepared to achieve an settlement as quickly as doable. We are going to do no matter it takes to make this occur. We are going to enter the negotiating room in Geneva with full honesty and good religion,” Takht-Ravanchi mentioned in feedback carried by state media.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s first choice was all the time diplomacy however that he was keen to make use of deadly power if vital.
A senior Iranian official instructed Reuters on Sunday that Tehran would severely contemplate a mix of sending half of its most extremely enriched uranium overseas, diluting the remaining and collaborating in making a regional enrichment consortium — an thought periodically raised throughout years of Iran-linked diplomacy.
Iran would do that in return for US recognition of Iran’s proper to “peaceable nuclear enrichment” underneath a deal that might additionally embody lifting financial sanctions, the official mentioned.
“If there may be an assault or aggression towards Iran, we’ll reply in response to our protection plans… A US assault on Iran is an actual gamble,” Takht-Ravanchi added.
Oblique talks between the 2 sides final yr introduced no settlement, primarily because of friction over a US demand that Iran forgo uranium enrichment on its soil, which Washington views as a pathway to a nuclear bomb.
Iran has all the time denied searching for such weapons.
The US joined Israel in hitting Iranian nuclear websites final June, with Trump saying its key nuclear websites have been “obliterated”.
