Iran’s acting foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday by Iran’s Etemad newspaper that Iran is still having indirect nuclear talks with the United States through Oman. Following remarks made on Monday, a spokesperson for the White House stated that the United States was not prepared to resume nuclear talks with Iran under Masoud Pezeshkian, the newly elected president.
“Roundabout discussions are being directed through Oman yet the exchange cycle is private and its subtleties can’t be related,” Bagheri Kani was cited as saying.
There were efforts to provide “suitable grounds” for negotiations with the incoming Iranian government in the coming weeks.
Pezeshkian, a position of safety moderate who won Iran’s run-off official vote last week, has said he will advance a practical international strategy and simplicity strains with the six powers that have been associated with now-slowed down atomic discussions to restore a 2015 atomic settlement. However, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, ultimately decides Iran’s foreign policy.
Last month, just before the elections, he warned that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favor of America will not manage the country well.” Pezeshkian takes office at a time when tensions in the Middle East are rising due to the conflict in Gaza.
Additionally, cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah has exacerbated disagreements between Washington and Tehran. In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas, Pezeshkian emphasized on Wednesday Tehran’s proceeded with help for Palestinians against “the control of the Zionist system (Israel)”.
