Tehran: Iran said Friday that I was giving diplomacy a “genuine” opportunity in the surprise nuclear conversations with the United States in Oman, despite the growing pressure of Washington.
Adversaries for a long time Iran and the United States will make conversations on Saturday in Muscat, with the aim of reaching a possible nuclear agreement. President Donald Trump made a surprising announcement on Monday that his administration would open negotiations with Iran.
“We are giving diplomacy a genuine opportunity in good faith and complete surveillance. The United States should appreciate this decision, which was taken despite its hostile rhetoric,” said the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, in a position on X.
Leading the conversations will be the special envoy of the United States Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi.
Trump said the conversations would be “direct”, but Araghchi has insisted that they would be “indirect.”
Before the planned meeting, Washington continued its “maximum pressure” policy of sanctions to Iran, recently pointing to its oil network and its nuclear program.
On Wednesday, Trump said military action against Iran was “absolutely” possible if conversations could not produce an agreement.
On Thursday, Ali Shamkhani, main advisor to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that such threats could cause measures, including the expulsion of the UN Nuclear Surveillance Inspectors of Iran.
Washington replied saying that such movement would be “an escalation and a calculation error by Iran.”
Saturday’s conversations occur after Trump sent a letter last month to Khamenei, urging negotiations and warning about possible military action if Tehran denies.
Tehran responded weeks later, saying that he was open to indirect negotiations and dismissed the possibility of direct conversations provided that the United States maintains its “maximum pressure” policy.
Baqaei said Iran “will not prejudge or predict” before the conversations.
“We intend to evaluate the intentions and severity on the other side on Saturday and adjust our next movements accordingly,” said Baqaei.
