US and Iran begin talks in attempt to avert military clash

The American envoy Steve Wittouf is scheduled to start talks with the best diplomat of Iran on Saturday, as the Trump administration is pressing an agreement to reduce the nuclear program for Bran and reduce the crisis that risks the launch of the following conflict in the Middle East.
The negotiations between Witkeov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchchi in Amman are a first important step in trying to resolve the long confrontation on nuclear progress in Tehran aggressive amid the threat of the United States or the Israeli military against its nuclear facilities.
But they face huge obstacles, as the two countries housed the deep lack of confidence to each other and have various expectations on what could be acceptable. Before the talks began, US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that his feeling “does not go well,” adding: “If this requires the army, we will get the army.”
Trump is believed to want a deal that would lead to Iran’s approval to dismantle its uranium enrichment program, as a US official said that “the goal is to stop Iran’s nuclear enrichment.”
This is the red line of the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khounai, who insists on Tehran – in the most vulnerable after decades after the Israeli strikes against it and its agent last year and with the economy of suffocation due to the sanctions – they will not be intimidated in a deal.
Instead, Tehran wants a similar agreement to the Moribund Accord that it signed with the Obama administration and other global authorities in 2015, as it agreed to strictly reduce fertilization in exchange for the reduction of penalties.
The opponents were unable to agree even to coordinate the negotiations, as Trump said they would be direct before Iran insisted that they would indirectly detain.

“It will be very difficult to achieve an agreement that meets the traditional American test to ensure that Iran cannot achieve a nuclear weapon in the future.”
He said: “This will require dismantling the possibility of enriching Iran, exporting enriched uranium stocks and its very introverted searches without sunset.” “There is no sign that my crude will be ready to accept these conditions.”
With Trump after he called his team in Iran, Witkoff – who is already participating in efforts to mediate the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, will represent Washington’s attempt to secure the launch of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza – the United States.
The real estate investor, who turned into a premium for a large extent alone during the mediation efforts in the war in Gaza, and travel without a footnote and usually sit in meetings on his own, according to a person familiar with his role in that crisis.
His counterpart, Araghchi, is an old nuclear talks that led to the 2015 agreement, known as JCPOA.
Under this deal, Iran managed to enrich uranium at low levels – no more than 3.67 percent of its purity with its enriched uranium stock in 300 kg.
JCPOA collapsed after Trump, who was deeply criticized for the deal, pulled the United States in his first term and imposed hundreds of sanctions on Iran as part of the “maximum pressure” campaign.

Tehran responded to an increase in nuclear activity, with its fed up -of -enriched uranium store more than 8200 kg. It has been enriched by uranium, which is 60 percent, and is close to the degree of weapons, and now has the ability to produce sufficient purchasing materials for multiple bombs within weeks.
It added progress to the urgency of a deal. But this also means that securing a much more complex agreement than it was signed by JCPOA.
Hamid Risa Taragi, a militant Iranian politician, said that Tehran would use the talks to repeat the United States that it has no intention to acquire nuclear weapons. However, he added that preventing Iran from enriching uranium for civil purposes was “negotiable.”
He added that Tehran was entering talks with “complete lack of confidence”, but he wanted to prove “that we are not opposing the dialogue.”
Taragi said: “Our previous experience indicates that such negotiations will not lead to concrete results because the United States seeks to obtain the result of its victory instead of a fair and educated agreement.”
The diplomats familiar with BackChannel’s messages between the United States and Iran – through Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – says one option to improve the prospects for talks is that Trump opens $ 6 billion of Iranian oil money held in Doha’s accounts.
Iran was supposed to be able to reach money-frozen during the first period of Trump-as a part of a prisoner deal with the Biden Administration in September 2023.
A diplomat said that Tehran told Qatar in February that Iran would only agree to direct talks if the money was launched. Another said the cancellation of $ 6 billion would be “decisive to build confidence.”
SANAM Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House Think-Hink, said, given the size of gaps and lack of confidence, can depend a lot on the incentives that Trump may be ready to offer.
“they [Iran] “Do you want to show that she is on a relatively equal land, so they need to prove that they extracted something from Trump.” . . It will take some time for the Trump administration to make something meaningful. “
Shapiro said it is not Trump’s “style” to present the islands early in the talks. “This means that a decision on a military strike can come later this year.”
Witkoff will also deal with a good reputation system in withdrawing negotiations. But Iran knows that the watch is knocking. “It is a kind of moment now or never, but it is [Iranian] The system will go to a clip? Facil said.
Participated in additional reports from Jay Chazan
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2025-04-12 05:00:00