{"id":56785,"date":"2025-05-11T20:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/?p=56785"},"modified":"2025-05-11T20:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:25:35","slug":"us-not-genuine-in-talks-over-tehrans-nuclearprogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/56785\/us-not-genuine-in-talks-over-tehrans-nuclearprogram\/","title":{"rendered":"US \u2018not genuine\u2019 in talks over Tehran\u2019s nuclearprogram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Iranian official told CNN that recent indirect talks with the United States aimed at addressing Tehran\u2019s nuclear program and lifting sanctions were \u201cnot genuine\u201d from the American side and were likely designed from the outset as a \u201ctrap to draw the situation toward tension.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the official, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, Iran evaluates the talks\u2019 interruptions and weekly gaps, which were against Tehran\u2019s preference, as a political and media game by the American side and is now preparing for scenarios in which the talks fail.<\/p>\n

It comes after US special envoy Steve Witkoff warned on Friday that if the next set of talks in Oman on Sunday were not productive, \u201cthen they won\u2019t continue and we\u2019ll have to take a different route.\u201d<\/p>\n

A US official told CNN Saturday that \u201cPresident (Donald) Trump is completely sincere in his desire to reach a deal with Iran and is completely committed to getting one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States will ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, but also wishes for lasting peace in the Middle East, a new relationship with Iran, and for the Iranian people to reach their nations full potential,\u201d said the US official.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s talks are expected to be high-level only, suggesting that the two sides will discuss a broader framework for moving forward. CNN understands that the technical team, which negotiates on more granular aspects of a deal like sanctions relief, is not expected to attend.<\/p>\n

Earlier Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi \u2013 who is expected to meet Witkoff on Sunday \u2013 said Tehran had received \u201ccontradictory messages\u201d from the US as \u201cdifferent individuals express different views.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Iranian source said the American side \u201cis basically not ready for meaningful technical and political talks,\u201d adding that the United States gives \u201cshort and general answers\u201d to questions, ignores \u201cmain proposals,\u201d and \u201cconstantly changes its position\u201d throughout the negotiations.<\/p>\n

According to the source, this situation has led Iran to conclude that the negotiations \u201clikely will not yield the desired outcome in sanctions relief and economic benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result, Tehran is \u201cpreparing for the next stage, with political, economic, and other sectors having prepared the necessary scenarios over the past month.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments come after Witkoff, in an interview with Breitbart posted Friday, described the US\u2019 expectations for the talks in some of the greatest detail to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn enrichment program can never exist in the state of Iran ever again. That\u2019s our red line. No enrichment. That means dismantlement, it means no weaponization, and it means that Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan \u2013 those are their three enrichment facilities \u2013 have to be dismantled,\u201d Witkoff said.<\/p>\n

Iran has said it is nonnegotiable that it be allowed to enrich uranium.<\/p>\n

The Iranian source reiterated to CNN on Saturday that uranium enrichment on Iranian soil is Iran\u2019s \u201cdefinite red line\u201d in the negotiations, a fact he said the United States \u201cis well aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran has long insisted it does not want a nuclear weapon and that its program is for energy purposes.<\/p>\n

In his interview with Breitbart, the special envoy said the talks are focused exclusively on the nuclear issue, a change from the attempts of the first Trump administration to deal widely with Iran\u2019s aggressive actions in the region.<\/p>\n

RHM\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Iranian official told CNN that recent indirect talks with the United States aimed at addressing Tehran\u2019s nuclear program and lifting sanctions were \u201cnot genuine\u201d from the American side and were likely designed from the outset as a \u201ctrap to draw the situation toward tension.\u201d According to the official, who spoke to CNN on condition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7103,7100,7110,7102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents-en","category-international-en","category-politic-en","category-society-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}