Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume talks on Friday in Rome to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, despite Iran’s supreme leader warning that clinching a new deal might be insurmountable amid clashing red lines.
The stakes are high for both sides. President Donald Trump wants to curtail Tehran’s potential to produce a nuclear weapon that could trigger a regional nuclear arms race. Iran, for its part, wants to be rid of devastating sanctions on its oil-based economy.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will hold a fifth round of talks, through Omani mediators, despite both Washington and Tehran taking a tough stance in public over Iran’s uranium enrichment.
US AND IRAN TO HOLD NUCLEAR TALKS AMID CLASHING RED LINES
