from breakfastmtn@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 25 Feb 20:15
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/553890/us-and-iran-nuclear-talks-at-critical-stage-amid-threat-of-trump-tearing-up-terms-of-succes
Tehran says deal is possible as long as Washington abides by agreed-on preconditions, but Trump’s view is unclear
Iran enters critical talks on its nuclear programme with the US on Thursday, insisting a deal is in reach as long as Washington sticks by its willingness to concede Iran’s symbolic right to enrich uranium, allow Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in country, and not to impose controls on Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
The three preconditions for success are seen as critical by Iranian diplomats, but it remains unclear whether Trump accepts these parameters.
The US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who is heading to Geneva for the talks along with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, had already accepted these principles in the two previous rounds of indirect talks, Iranian officials claim. But it remains possible that Trump could overturn these terms, a step that will inevitably lead to a conflict between the two nations that could rapidly consume the whole of the Middle East.
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