Iran’s president sees 'good outlook' for nuclear talks with US
Masoud Pezeshkian struck an upbeat tone on the prospects for a negotiated agreement over Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of US sanctions, saying he saw a “good outlook for the negotiations.”
The Wednesday remarks came as an Iranian delegation headed by Iran’s top diplomat set off for Geneva on Wednesday for a third round of talks with the US.
US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are slated to meet with the Iranian delegation on February 26.
"We are continuing the process under the guidance of the Leader [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] so that we can move beyond this 'neither war nor peace' situation, and if this happens, we would be able to remove these [economic] obstacles much easier," Pezeshkian said in an address to investors and businesspeople in the city of Sari in northern Iran.
On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the two sides had "a historic opportunity", saying a deal was "within reach, but only if diplomacy is given priority".
He vowed Iran would "under no circumstances" develop atomic weapons, but insisted on its right to peacefully use nuclear technology.
Iran and the US held five rounds of nuclear talks in 2025, but those negotiations were cut off after the US-Israeli war of June on Iran that left over a thousand dead and damaged the country’s civilian and military infrastructure.
Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened strikes if Iran fails to cut a deal on its nuclear program, ordering the deployment of two aircraft carrier groups and dozens of warplanes to the region to back up his threats.
Iran has repeatedly said it would respond firmly to any attack, even a limited one.
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