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The United States and Iran are on Saturday holding talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, for the first time since President Donald Trump cancelled a 2015 deal. Hosted by Oman, the meeting is aimed at reaching a new agreement on Iran's nuclear facilities. In the lead-up to the talks, both sides have engaged in a war of words that saw Trump last month send a letter to Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei threatening military action if negotiations fail.
Responding to Trump's threat, Ali Shamkhani, an advisor to Khamenei, said Iran could expel United Nations nuclear inspectors, prompting a US warning that such action would be an "escalation". On Wednesday, Trump said military action against Iran was "absolutely" possible if talks failed to produce a deal. "If it requires military, we're going to have military.
Israel will obviously be very much involved in that, be the leader of that," Trump said. French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said a military confrontation would seem “almost inevitable” if talks over Iran’s nuclear programme collapse. France warns of military conflict if nuclear talks with Iran collapse But on Friday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran was "giving diplomacy a genuine chance in good faith and full vigilance".
"America should appreciate this decision, which was made despite their hostile rhetoric," Baqaei wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Iran's nuclear programme Read more on RFI English Read also: Iran's removal of surveillance cameras may scupper nuclear talks, says IAEA France 'worried' about delays to Iran nuclear deal amid Russian invasion of Ukraine Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna, but does Russia want a deal?.
