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Iran rejects direct talks with the US over its nuclear programme
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025
IRAN will not hold direct negotiations with the United States over its nuclear programme, President Masoud Pezeshkian said today.
Commenting on a letter sent by US President Donald Trump to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Mr Pezeshkian said Iran’s response, delivered via Oman, left open the possibility of indirect negotiations with Washington.
However, such talks have made no progress since Mr Trump, during his first term in the White House, unilaterally withdrew the US from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
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