After Trump tells Ayatollah to forget concept of Nuclear weapons, Iran says talks with US…

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday said tat talks with US went ‘well’, in first public comment on negotiations.

Washington and Tehran concluded ‘indirect’ negotiations in Muscat on Saturday and agreed to hold further talks, as per a report in Al-Jazeera. Iranian state broadcaster Press TV cited the country’s foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, who emphasised that the negotiations hosted by Oman were limited strictly to nuclear and sanctions-related issues.

Earlier, Tehran rejected Washington’s proposal for “direct” negotiations over US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign and threats of military action against Iran. Following the discussion, the White House issued a statement saying the talks were “positive and constructive.”

In addition to the country’s internal challenges, US sanctions have significantly contributed to the country’s dire economic conditions. On February 4 this year, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum restoring maximum pressure on the government of Iran, denying the nation “all paths to a nuclear weapon, and countering Iran’s malign influence abroad.”

Earlier this month, the US Department of State imposed sanctions on four entities engaged in Iranian petroleum trade and identified two vessels as blocked property. Apart from the US, the EU had also imposed sanctions against Iran in response to its human rights abuses, nuclear proliferation activities and military support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

President Donald Trump pulled the US out of a previous nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, between Iran and world powers in 2018.

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